Metra BNSF train in Downers Grove strikes pedestrian

Second pedestrian struck and killed by Metra train in Downers Grove, Illinois in 24 hours
This is the second BNSF Metra train to hit a pedestrian in Downers Grove in 24 hours. Just after 4:30 p.m. on Monday, a train hit and killed a pedestrian Metra BNSF line were halted just in time for the afternoon rush, after a train hit and killed a pedestrian. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Pedestrian fatally struck by Metra train in Downers Grove is 2nd in last 24 hours
A pedestrian was fatally hit by a Metra train in Downers Grove Tuesday morning at the same station where a man was struck and killed Monday afternoon.
2nd pedestrian killed by Metra BNSF train in less than 24 hours in Downers Grove
Train No. 1244 will also not operate temporarily. On Monday evening, a train also struck a pedestrian in the same area. Monday's crash was near Gilbert Avenue, and a Metra spokesperson said that person also did not survive. Mark Zycinski was riding in both trains that hit someone, two days in a row.
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Trains on the Metra BNSF line were halted just in time for the afternoon rush Monday, after a train hit and killed a pedestrian in Downers Grove, Illinois. Downers Grove police said at 4:36 p.m., they were called to the BNSF tracks in the 1400 block of Gilbert Avenue — about four blocks west of the Forest Avenue crossing and close to downtown Downers Grove — for a report of a pedestrian being hit by an inbound train.
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BNSF train No. 1228, scheduled to arrive at Union Station at 8 a.m., struck a pedestrian near the Main Street Downers Grove station.
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Around 4:40 p.m. Monday, BNSF outbound trains were stopped near Main Street in Downers Grove due to train #1272 striking a pedestrian, according to an alert. Both inbound and outbound trains experienced "extensive delays" as a result, Metra said.
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