Father questions safety after his daughter was killed by a train
She walked down the platform and then made a right to get to the parking lot. That's when a westbound train exiting the station hit her.
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She walked down the platform and then made a right to get to the parking lot. That's when a westbound train exiting the station hit her.
An evacuation order was lifted a few hours after it was first put into place, but neighbors want to know how the derailment happened, and what is being done to prevent such a thing from happening again. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
The derailment prompted the evacuation of the surrounding area due to concerns about a leak of hazardous materials. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
The evacuation order was later lifted after it was determined that only residual amounts of liquid petroleum gas had been in the tankers on the train. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports from the scene, and Kris Habermehl reports on the process of righting the train cars.
The area around the freight train tracks was evacuated for some time out of concern about hazardous materials leaking. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports from the scene, and Noel Brennan talks to a resident who had to evacuate.
An evacuation order has been lifted after a freight train derailed in the south Chicago suburb, and there were concerns about potential hazardous material leaks.
Czech television stations reported over 300 passengers were aboard the passenger train, many of them foreigners.
It appears she may have been watching one child while telling the other to get off of the tracks.
It appears she may have been watching one child while telling the other to get off of the tracks.
A 47-year-old woman was struck by an Amtrak train at the intersection of Main Street and Stephen Street, police say.
"Being able to go here straight from the train without having to transfer to the bus and skip the stops, back on the train, transferring all the cargo with you; it is a lot more convenient."
In addition, new rail operators will be added to the services as they complete the required training in the coming months.
Images from a local fire company show a train derailed Saturday morning in Lower Saucon Township near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
There is no word yet on when full service will resume.
A man was arrested after firing shots on a Blue Line train platform early Monday morning. Chicago police said just after 1 a.m., a passenger pulled out a gun during an argument with the employee and fired multiple shots at the Blue Line Station on Division.
There were 69 passengers on the train, on which the engineer suffered life-threatening injuries.
"It's such a shame that we will never see where she would have gone."
A large showing is expected Monday afternoon to remember the 17-year-old girl who lost her life at a Metra train crossing in Barrington. Visiting for Marin Lacson begins at 2:00 on Monday afternoon.
The victims were trying to go around the barrier before they got hit by the train, according to fire officials.
The captain says they were trying to go around the barrier before they got hit by the train. The victims were said to be in their late teens or early 20s.
"I wish everyone could just stay home."
CTA leaders and Skokie officials rode the Yellow Line for the first time since the service halted back in November.
It's nicknamed the Skokie Swift, but the process of it getting the CTA Yellow Line back online after a November crash has been awfully slow.
Those investigators are expected to conduct testing throughout the week.
We wanted to know if the changes are enough – so CBS 2’s Noel Brennan went to a transportation expert for answers.
