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Glenview couple identified as train wreck victims

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Authorities have identified a Glenview couple killed in the freight car derailment

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COURTESY OF ABC 7 A blue tarp is seen amid the debris as Thursday cleanup continues at the scene of a Wednesday train derailment near Glenview.

Glenview authorities confirmed Thursday afternoon that a person became trapped and died under the debris of Wednesday afternoon's train derailment.

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A Glenview couple was killed in Wednesday afternoon's train derailment in which a bridge collapsed onto Shermer Road in Glenview, according to a law firm representing the family. The victims were identified as Burton Lindner, 69, and Zorine Lindner, 70, who lived about a block from the derailment site, according to a spokeswoman at the Chicago law firm of Michael LaMonica. Autopsies are scheduled today and results will be available later this afternoon, a spokeswoman for the Cook County medical examiner's office said.

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