PEDESTRIAN HIT BY METRA TRAIN #615 NEAR APPLEWOOD SUBDIVISION WEST OF LILY POND RD, WOODSTOCK

    THU MAR 12 2015 ~1:08 PM
    WOODSTOCK FIRE RESCUE DISTRICT
    FATAL TRAIN VS PEDESTRIAN
    UNION PACIFIC NORTHWEST LINE WOODSTOCK

    UPDATE: VICTIM IS REPORTED TO BE A TEENAGE GIRL WHO ATTENDED CRYSTAL LAKE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED THE SAME WEEK THAT ANOTHER CRYSTAL LAKE SOUTH WAS KILLED BY A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND AT CANTERBURY PARK IN CRYSTAL LAKE.

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    REPORT OF A PEDESTRIAN HIT BY A TRAIN ON THE UNION PACIFIC NORTHWEST LINE .

    THERE ARE SEVERAL OFF ROAD PATHS IN THE AREA OF THE INCIDENT BUT NO GRADE CROSSING. THE NEAREST GRADE CROSSING IS ABOUT ONE MILE EAST AT LILY POND RD.


    MCHENRY COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE CALLED TO THE SCENE.

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