Police, firefighters, and paramedics from Lake Forest and Metra police responded about 1:42 p.m. Tuesday, February 22, 2022 to a report of a pedestrian hit by a train Lake Forest.
Initially, Lake Forest firefighters and paramedics were dispatched to the wrong train station at 695 Western Avenue in downtown Lake Forest.
A few minutes later there was clarification that a pedestrian may have been sideswiped by a train north of the Milwaukee District – North Metra station. A conductor said a man was staggering and appeared as though his arm was dangling.
Lake Forest firefighters and paramedics were re-assigned to a location east of the Chicago Bears Headquarters at 1000 Football Drive after the injured man was located near the Milwaukee District – North railroad tracks that run through the Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve. The stretch of railroad tracks north of the Lake Forest Milwaukee District – North Metra station is a distance of almost 2.5 miles. The precise location where the man was hit was not disclosed.
The railroad tracks are less than 70 feet east of two practice fields just east of the Walter Payton Center at Halas Hall, and about 750 feet east of the main practice fields just east of Halas Hall.
Initially, the injured man turned away from police, firefighters and paramedics attempting to help him. Rescuers eventually convinced the man to cooperated, and he walked to the ambulance by about 2:34 p.m.
Lake Forest Fire Department paramedics transported the man to Level 1 Trauma Center Advocate Condell Medical Center.
The information in this article is an early report published before any complet summary information was confirmed or released by police or fire authorities.
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Metra Alert MD-N – Train #2117, scheduled to arrive Fox Lake at 2:22 PM – stopped near Libertyville, train struck a pedestrian
— Metra MD-N (@metraMDN) February 22, 2022
Metra Alert MD-N – Inbound and outbound train movement halted near Libertyville, train #2117 struck a pedestrian
— Metra MD-N (@metraMDN) February 22, 2022
Metra Alert MD-N – Train #2117, sched. to arrive Fox Lake at 2:22 PM – on the move extensively delayed, struck a pedestrian
— Metra MD-N (@metraMDN) February 22, 2022
Metra Alert MD-N – Inbound and outbound trains on the move and may be extensively delayed due to an earlier pedestrian incident involving train #2117
— Metra MD-N (@metraMDN) February 22, 2022
Metra Alert MD-N – Train #2140 departing Fox Lake at 2:45 PM – delayed departure, earlier pedestrian incident involving train #2117
— Metra MD-N (@metraMDN) February 22, 2022
Metra Alert MD-N – Train #2140, scheduled to arrive Chicago at 4:32 PM, may be operating 30 to 35 minutes behind schedule due to an earlier pedestrian incident. Please visit https://t.co/mG5f5Ou9j1 for current delay information.
— Metra MD-N (@metraMDN) February 22, 2022
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