Mount Prospect police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 6:32 PM Tuesday to a report of a person hit by a train at the downtown Mount Prospect Metra train station, 11 East Northwest Highway Mount Prospect, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a person was hit by a train.
Police on scene reported the patient was on the Metra train station platform. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office responded to the scene to investigate the death.
Trains in both directions were stopped until about 8:30 p.m.
UP-NW Advisory – Train #651, Scheduled to Arrive Crystal Lake at 7:08 PM – Stopped Near Mt. Prospect http://t.co/tZFa0l5KRN
— Metra (@Metra) August 25, 2015
Train #651, Scheduled to Arrive Crystal Lake at 7:08 PM – Stopped Near Mt. Prospect
Train #651, scheduled to arrive Crystal Lake at 7:08 PM, is stopped near Mt. Prospect due to a pedestrian incident. The duration of this delay is unknown. Metra will update this site as information becomes available.
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