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.
Crowds building at Ogilvie. UP-NW trains remain stopped near DesPlaines after pedestrian hit. (PIC: Bruce Johnson) pic.twitter.com/7Xxry6kfrH
— ChicagoDrives (@ChicagoDrives) August 26, 2014
ENGINE(S): E61
TRUCK(S): T81
CHIEF(S): BC9
EMS: A72, A71
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