A 95-year-old on a bicycle was hit by a Metra commuter train on the Union Pacific line at Northwest Highway and Central Road in Mount Prospect.
Mount Prospect police and firefight/paramedics responded to the scene a out 7:53 a.m.
The collision involved train 622, which departed Barrington at 7:27 a.m. and was due into the Mount Prospect station at 7:50 a.m., Metra spokesman Tom Miller said.
The man, a Mount Prospect resident, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police are withholding the man’s identity until family members are notified.
See also The Cardinal Metra Train-Pedestrian Incident at Northwest Highway and Central Rd, Mount Prospect for an earlier breaking news report and traffic information.