1 killed, 3 injured when Metra train hits SUV in South Chicago
A northbound Metra Electric line train hit an SUV around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday at the crossing near 87th and Baltimore.
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A northbound Metra Electric line train hit an SUV around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday at the crossing near 87th and Baltimore.
A passenger told CBS News Chicago that the train stopped abruptly and made no loud noises. The operator then announced that the train had derailed, which the agency later confirmed.
According to Metra, the pedestrian was struck by the train near Oak Park at the Berwyn stop just before 10:30 a.m.
The crash caused extensive delays on the North Central Service and Milwaukee District West lines.
Jemaal Muhammad, 20, was charged with two felony counts of robbery, one felony count of robbery with an indication of a firearm, and one misdemeanor count of theft.
Duneland School Corporation administrators have been notified, and grief counselors will be available, police said.
The 15-year-old was hit by a train at a crossing in Chesterton.
An outbound Union Pacific Northwest Line train hit a car just before 4 p.m. near the Norwood Park station near the intersection of Avondale and Nagle avenues.
One person was killed when a Metra train hit a car Saturday afternoon in the Norwood Park neighborhood.
The idea is to do this before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, paving the way for the addition of the Far South side to move forward.
Metra officials confirmed a male pedestrian was hit and killed by an inbound Union Pacific North Line train near the North Chicago station shortly after 8:30 a.m.
The car went around the crossing gates for the CSX freight train tracks at the Park Avenue crossing near 153rd Street and Park Avenue. The car then collided with the side of a CSX locomotive and was dragged almost two city blocks before being dislodged near the Broadway Avenue crossing.
CSX said the car went around the crossing gates at the Park Avenue crossing in Harvey. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
Cell phone video captured the impact of a freight train hitting a SUV on the tracks in southwest suburban Lemont.
Two teens were charged in connection to the violent robbery of a woman at a CTA Red Line stop in August.
The two-car train crashed into a snow plow around 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 17 on the main tracks adjacent to the Howard rail yard in Rogers Park, leaving 38 people hurt, including seven CTA employees.
The NTSB report said hospital testing of the 47-year-old train operator detected a blood alcohol level of .06. The legal limit for train operators is .02.
The family of Marin Lacson says they want change at the pedestrian crosswalk in Barrington where the teen was killed
The family of a teenage girl hit and killed by a train in northwest suburban Barrington earlier this year filed a lawsuit against the train companies and the village. The Lacson family said they want changes at the pedestrian crosswalk where 17-year-old Marin Lacson died on Jan. 25.
Witnesses said the gates were down, but the crossing does not have gates over the sidewalk. Marin didn't see or hear another train coming from the other direction when she was hit by that train and killed.
The trailer hauling the tank Is what’s called a “low-boy” model, and it got caught on the railroad tracks.
Forest Park, Illinios, police on Wednesday released surveillance footage that appeared to show Davis exiting the Blue Line train after the shooting. Prosecutors revealed new details on Wednesday about the quadruple fatal shooting on the Blue Line train shortly before 5:30 a.m. on Monday. Rhanni Davis, 30, of Chicago, was charged on Tuesday in connection with the murders of the four victims.
All four victims were passengers on a Blue Line train as it was headed into the Forest Park terminal when they were shot shortly before 5:30 a.m.
Four people were killed in a mass shooting on a CTA Blue Line train in west suburban Forest Park on Monday morning. All four victims were passengers on a Blue Line train as it was headed into the Forest Park terminal when they were shot shortly before 5:30 a.m., said Forest Park Police Deputy Chief Christopher Chin.
Four people were killed in a mass shooting on a CTA Blue Line train in west suburban Forest Park on Monday morning. All four victims were passengers on a Blue Line train as it was headed into the Forest Park terminal when they were shot shortly before 5:30 a.m., said Forest Park Police Deputy Chief Christopher Chin.
