Metra has halted Union Pacific-West trains near Lombard, and riders were being urged to take another train route, after a person was hit by a freight train Thursday morning.
Lombard police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 6:00 a.m. Thursday January 17, 2018 to a report that a pedestrian was hit by a freight train near Crescent Boulevard and Finley Road.
Police and firefighter/paramedics on arrival discovered a pedestrian was struck and killed by a freight train. Inbound and outbound Metra UP-W trains were immediately halted near the scene between the Lombard Metra station and the Glen Ellyn Metra station.
Metra reported extensive delays, advising UP-W customers to consider using the Metra BNSF line. Vehicle traffic on Crescent Boulevard and Glen Oak Road near Finley Road remained congested at 7:40 a.m.
The identity of the pedestrian was not initially released.
This is the second emergency occurring in Lombard involving a Metra train on the UP-W line. Monday night January 14, 2019, a police officer and three Good Samaritan’s rescued a 96 year-old woman from her car before the car was hit and dragged by a Metra passenger train (CARDINAL NEWS | Lombard Police Officer, 3 Good Samaritans Rescue Woman Before Train Crash with Car).
Metra Alert UP-W – Train #19 departing Ogilvie Transportation Center at 7:15 AM – will not operate, Pedestrian struck by freight train
— Metra UP-W (@metraUPW) January 17, 2019
Metra Alert UP-W – Train #34 departing Elmhurst at 8:01 AM – will not operate, pedestrian struck by freight train
— Metra UP-W (@metraUPW) January 17, 2019
Metra Alert UP-W – Train movement remains halted west of Lombard, pedestrian struck by a freight train, extensive delays, outbound trains will terminate at Villa Park until further notice (Update #2)
— Metra UP-W (@metraUPW) January 17, 2019
Metra Alert UP-W – Train movement halted west of Lombard, pedestrian struck by a freight train, extensive delays anticipated, outbound trains will terminate at Villa Park until further notice (Update #2)
— Metra UP-W (@metraUPW) January 17, 2019
Metra Alert UP-W – Inbound and outbound train movement halted west of Lombard, pedestrian struck by a freight train, extensive delays anticipated, UP West Customers should consider using the BNSF this morning
— Metra UP-W (@metraUPW) January 17, 2019
Metra Alert UP-W – Inbound and outbound train movement halted west of Lombard, pedestrian struck by a freight train, extensive delays anticipated
— Metra UP-W (@metraUPW) January 17, 2019
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