MAN KILLED; HIT BY METRA TRAIN ON NORTHWEST LINE NEAR LEE ST, DES PLAINES

    TUE AUG 26 2014 ~5:14 PM
    DES PLAINES FIRE DEPARTMENT
    TRAIN VS PEDESTRIAN
    MINER ST AND LEE ST DES PLAINES, IL

    REPORT OF A FEMALE VICTIM REPORTEDLY HIT BY A PASSENGER TRAIN. CREW ON ARRIVAL REPORTS THEY ARE OUT WITH A METRA CONDUCTOR. VICTIM IS 100 FEET EAST OF LEE ST.

    SHUTTING DOWN TRAINS BY 5:20 PM.

    A71 REPORTS DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH ABOUT 75 PEOPLE WALKING IN THE S-CURVE IN TRAFFIC.

    UPDATE:
    POLICE LATER RELEASED INFORMATION THAT A MALE/WHITE VICTIM IN HIS 40′S WAS FOUND WITHOUT SIGNS OF LIFE UNDER THE TRAIN AFTER THE REPORT OF A PEDESTRIAN HIT BY A TRAIN. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE VICTIM STEPPED OFF THE TRAIN PLATFORM IN FRONT OF THE TRAIN AS THE TRAIN APPROACHED THE DES PLAINES TRAIN STATION.


    ENGINE(S): E61

    TRUCK(S): T81

    CHIEF(S): BC9

    EMS: A72, A71


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