Metra says trains stopped in northern suburbs

Metra trains halted near Lake Forest after freight train strikes pedestrian
Trains on Metra's Milwaukee District North Line have been halted near Lake Forest after a freight train struck a pedestrian, Metra said.
MD-N trains halted after person struck by freight train near Lake Forest, Metra says
Metra said inbound and outbound trains were halted after a freight train struck a pedestrian in the north suburbs.
Metra trains halted in Chicago's west suburbs after train hits, kills pedestrian
Trains on the Metra BNSF line were halted just in time for the afternoon rush Monday, after a train hit and killed a pedestrian in Downers Grove, Illinois. Downers Grove police said at 4:36 p.m., they were called to the BNSF tracks in the 1400 block of Gilbert Avenue — about four blocks west of the Forest Avenue crossing and close to downtown Downers Grove — for a report of a pedestrian being hit by an inbound train.
Freight train strikes, kills pedestrian in Lake Forest, causing major delays
Train service in Lake Forest was disrupted after a freight train struck and killed a pedestrian at a railroad crossing Friday afternoon, leading to extensive delays on Metra’s Milwaukee District North Line.
Metra says trains stopped in northern suburbs after freight train strikes pedestrian
Metra’s trains on the Milwaukee District North Line are halted near Lake Forest and “extensive delays anticipated” after a freight train struck a pedestrian Friday, according to a Metra.
Pedestrian dies after being hit by freight train near Lake Forest, Illinois
A pedestrian was killed after being struck by a freight train Friday afternoon near Lake Forest, causing delays for Metra Milwaukee District North and Amtrak Hiawatha lines. Lake Forest police said just after 12 p.
Freight train fatally strikes man in his 70s near Lake Forest
Metra’s trains on the Milwaukee District North Line were halted Friday afternoon in the north suburbs after a freight train fatally struck a man in his 70s, according to the Lake Forest Police Department.
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