Metra BNSF train in Downers Grove strikes pedestrian

Second pedestrian struck and killed by Metra train in Downers Grove, Illinois in 24 hours
This is the second BNSF Metra train to hit a pedestrian in Downers Grove in 24 hours. Just after 4:30 p.m. on Monday, a train hit and killed a pedestrian Metra BNSF line were halted just in time for the afternoon rush, after a train hit and killed a pedestrian. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Metra BNSF train in Downers Grove strikes pedestrian; 2nd time in less than 24 hours
Around 4:40 p.m. Monday, BNSF outbound trains were stopped near Main Street in Downers Grove due to train #1272 striking a pedestrian, according to an alert. Both inbound and outbound trains experienced "extensive delays" as a result, Metra said.
Two pedestrians killed by Metra trains in less than 24 hours in Chicago suburb
A Metra BNSF train struck and killed a pedestrian during rush hour Tuesday morning in Downers Grove.
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 — for a report of a pedestrian being hit by an inbound train.
Metra train hits, kills man near Downers Grove Main St. station
BNSF Metra trains are moving again in the west suburbs after a train hit a man, the commuter rail and police said Monday.
Pedestrian dead in second fatal Metra crash in 24 hours in Downers Grove
BNSF train No. 1228, scheduled to arrive at Union Station at 8 a.m., struck a pedestrian near the Main Street Downers Grove station.
Pedestrian dies after being struck by Metra train in Downers Grove
A pedestrian was struck by a Metra train in Downers Grove early this morning, less than 24 hours after another pedestrian was struck and killed by a commuter train in roughly the same area Monday.
Metra train fatally hits pedestrian in Downers Grove for second day in a row
A Metra train heading a pedestrian near the Main Street Railroad Crossing in Downers Grove Tuesday morning, according to Downers Grove officials.
2nd pedestrian killed by Metra BNSF train in less than 24 hours in Downers Grove
Train No. 1244 will also not operate temporarily. On Monday evening, a train also struck a pedestrian in the same area. Monday's crash was near Gilbert Avenue, and a Metra spokesperson said that person also did not survive. Mark Zycinski was riding in both trains that hit someone, two days in a row.
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