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Very sad and it happened about 100' from where I park. Hopefully no kids had to see it happen. I read she left a note.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-pedestrian-struck-by-metra-train-near-barrington-20151110-story.html
[h=1]Woman killed by Metra train in Barrington[/h]
A Metra train struck and killed a woman Tuesday morning in an apparent suicide in downtown Barrington, authorities said.
Barrington police said in a statement that a 52-year-old woman stepped onto the tracks at Route 59 north of Lake Cook Road at 7:17 a.m., where she was struck by an eastbound train. Emergency personnel took her to Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, where she died from her injuries, police said.
Orlando Portillo, chief deputy coroner of Lake County, said the woman's death was being investigated as a suicide. Portillo said the woman left a note behind that was obtained by Barrington police and given to his office.
The incident slowed commuter rail service on the Union Pacific Northwest Line.
About 9:45 a.m., Metra announced on its website that train movement had been restored but that inbound and outbound trains may be operating with extensive delays.
The pedestrian was struck by inbound train No. 624 at a railroad crossing, Metra spokesman Tom Miller said.
About 7:25 a.m., all Northwest Line trains were halted near Barrington, Miller said.
About 8:30 a.m., Metra's website said that train No. 609, scheduled to arrive in Harvard at 9:25 a.m., would be the first train to operate through the Barrington station and would continue on to Harvard.
Metra and police personnel confer alongside a Metra train after it struck a pedestrian in downtown Barrington on Nov. 10, 2015. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
According to the Metra website, at least one outbound train stopped at Barrington was scheduled to head back inbound and make all stops into Chicago as an extra train.
Metra also said two sets of equipment trains would run express from Chicago to Des Plaines and then turn and operate as inbound trains.
The CTA honored Metra tickets on the Blue Line from Rosemont to Chicago in the hours after the incident but no longer was doing so as of about 10 a.m., according to the website.
Copyright © 2015, Chicago Tribune
by Taboola
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-pedestrian-struck-by-metra-train-near-barrington-20151110-story.html
[h=1]Woman killed by Metra train in Barrington[/h]
A Metra train struck and killed a woman Tuesday morning in an apparent suicide in downtown Barrington, authorities said.
Barrington police said in a statement that a 52-year-old woman stepped onto the tracks at Route 59 north of Lake Cook Road at 7:17 a.m., where she was struck by an eastbound train. Emergency personnel took her to Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, where she died from her injuries, police said.
Orlando Portillo, chief deputy coroner of Lake County, said the woman's death was being investigated as a suicide. Portillo said the woman left a note behind that was obtained by Barrington police and given to his office.
The incident slowed commuter rail service on the Union Pacific Northwest Line.
About 9:45 a.m., Metra announced on its website that train movement had been restored but that inbound and outbound trains may be operating with extensive delays.
The pedestrian was struck by inbound train No. 624 at a railroad crossing, Metra spokesman Tom Miller said.
About 7:25 a.m., all Northwest Line trains were halted near Barrington, Miller said.
About 8:30 a.m., Metra's website said that train No. 609, scheduled to arrive in Harvard at 9:25 a.m., would be the first train to operate through the Barrington station and would continue on to Harvard.
According to the Metra website, at least one outbound train stopped at Barrington was scheduled to head back inbound and make all stops into Chicago as an extra train.
Metra also said two sets of equipment trains would run express from Chicago to Des Plaines and then turn and operate as inbound trains.
The CTA honored Metra tickets on the Blue Line from Rosemont to Chicago in the hours after the incident but no longer was doing so as of about 10 a.m., according to the website.
Copyright © 2015, Chicago Tribune
by Taboola
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