Chicago police and Chicago firefighters and paramedics responded about 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, October 4, 2017 to a Metra Train crash with a car near 5726 North Northwest Highway.
Metra trains were halted in both directions near the area of the block of 5700 block of North Nagle after Train No. 650 hit the vehicle.
Fire officials said the woman killed in the crash was 25 years old. There were no other passengers in the vehicle.
No Metra passengers were reported hurt.
LIVE TRAFFIC MAP of neighborhood 5726 N Northwest Highway Chicago, IL
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Metra Alert UP-NW – Inbound And Outbound Train Movement Halted Near Gladstone Park, Train #650 Struck A Vehicle
— Metra UP-NW (@metraUPNW) October 4, 2017
Metra Alert UP-NW – Train #650, Scheduled to Arrive Chicago at 4:59 PM – Stopped Near Jefferson Park, Train Struck A Vehicle
— Metra UP-NW (@metraUPNW) October 4, 2017
Metra Alert UP-NW – Train #650, Scheduled to Arrive Chicago at 4:59 PM – Stopped Near Jefferson Park, Train Struck A Vehicle
— Metra UP-NW (@metraUPNW) October 4, 2017
The scene at Nagle and Northwest Highway, where a woman was killed when a METRA train hit her vehicle. On @CapturedNews. pic.twitter.com/4aOPEF6NtA
— Christopher Smith (@chrissmith) October 4, 2017
UPDATE: Woman, 25, dead after Metra train strikes vehicle at Northwest Highway and Nagle … https://t.co/CkkAAuN6jU pic.twitter.com/qxovUj3zee
— CBS Chicago (@cbschicago) October 4, 2017
CFD on scene to assist in off loading METRA passengers. pic.twitter.com/NU0x8mbdFl
— Christopher Smith (@chrissmith) October 4, 2017
NWS FORECAST 9:17 PM
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 71. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 58. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then showers after 1pm. High near 69. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Friday Night: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 62. South wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Saturday: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 76.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57.
Columbus Day: A slight chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.
Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 65.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.
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