Metra NCS trains delayed after pedestrian struck and killed in River Grove
Metra trains on the North Central Service line were running with delays on Monday evening, after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a train near River Grove.
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Metra trains on the North Central Service line were running with delays on Monday evening, after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a train near River Grove.
Metra said the pedestrian was struck and killed by a train that was on its way to Antioch.
Chicago police said the pedestrian was taken to St. Francis Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
Information about the pedestrian and what led to the crash was not released.
A person was struck and killed by a vehicle early Sunday morning on I-55 in Romeoville, Illinois.
A pedestrian was hit by a freight train on Thursday afternoon in west suburban Villa Park, leading to delays for Metra commuters on the Union Pacific-West line.
A man was critically injured after being struck by a vehicle Wednesday morning in northwest suburban Rolling Meadows.
Busy Touhy Avenue was completely shut down in the north Chicago suburb of Niles early Tuesday, after a sport-utility vehicle hit a pedestrian.
Following the crash, Touhy Avenue was closed in both directions between Central and Lehigh avenues, police said.
An investigation is underway after a pedestrian was hit and killed by a car in suburban Park Ridge on Saturday morning.
A woman stood charged Wednesday in a car-into-pedestrian crash that killed a man in November in Zion, Illinois north of Chicago.
The Lake Zurich Fire Department and Kildeer Police Department responded to the crash and found the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Lake County Coroner's Office identified the pedestrian who was fatally hit by a car last Friday.
The pedestrian was hit and killed Monday afternoon, just before 6 p.m., at the intersection of 33rd Street and Sheridan Road.
A car hit a pedestrian on Interstate 57 early Sunday morning and shut down the southbound lanes in Chicago's Morgan Park neighborhood.
A witness told police the 79-year-old man was hit by a northbound vehicle.
A spokesperson for the train company said an inbound Rock Island train hit the boy just before reaching the New Lenox station.
Police believe the woman crossed the tracks heading west before a southbound Metra train went through the crossing.
Initial reports indicated that a Nissan Altima was traveling eastbound on Big Hollow Road when it hit the victim, who had been walking in the roadway.
Illinois State Police said the crash took place just north of 75th Street around 4:30 a.m.
Police said the victim was crossing the street northbound in the 1900 block of Baseline Road in Montgomery when he was hit by the vehicle.
The crash happened around 1:15 a.m. in the 2500 block of South Cicero Avenue.
Illinois State Police said a pedestrian was struck and killed on the Tri-State Tollway overnight.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
A number of vehicles were damaged in the crash.
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