Winthrop Harbor police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 11:57 AM Monday August 7, 2017 to a report of a person hit by a train near the Metra UP-N line train station at Winthrop Harbor, 42.482392, -87.816271 (7th St and Ravine Dr Winthrop Harbor, Il). Crews on scene discovered a person was under the train near the train station.
A Flight for Life medical helicopter was dispatched to a landing zone at 9th and Monroe at Village Park, almost one mile west of the scene.
Inbound UP-N Metra train #368 was scheduled to stop at Winthrop Harbor at 11:43 p.m.
FIRE/MEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED …
ENGINE(S): E1711 Zion Engine
SQUAD(S): SQD ??
CHIEF(S): BC1704
EMS: A1741
Metra Alert UP-N – Train #368, Scheduled To Arrive Ogilvie Transportation Center At 1:15 AM. Stopped, Pedestrian Being Struck By Train.
First Published – 08/08/2017 – 12:15AM
Train #368, scheduled to arrive Ogilvie Transportation Center at 1:15 AM, is stopped due to a pedestrian being struck by a train. The duration of this delay is unknown. Metra will update this site as information becomes available. Winthrop Harbor is the second stop after Kenosha for inbound Metra Train #368.
Following Winthrop Harbor, Metra train #368 was scheduled to make stops at …
Zion
Waukegan
North Chicago
Great Lakes
Lake Bluff
Lake Forest
Fort Sheridan
Highwood
Highland Park
Ravinia
Ravinia Park
Braeside
Glencoe
Hubbard Woods
Winnetka
Indian Hill
Kenilworth
Wilmette
Central St., Evanston
Davis St., Evanston
Main St., Evanston
Rogers Park
Ravenswood
Clybourn
OGILVIE TRANSPORTATION
CENTER – CHICAGO
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Metra Alert UP-N – Train #368, Scheduled to Arrive Ogilvie Transportation Center at 1:15 AM. Stopped, pedestrian being struck by train.
— Metra UP-N (@metraUPN) August 8, 2017