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Metra train kills pedestrian in Arlington Heights

Posted August 27, 2019 1:00 am

By Timothy Edmonds Daily Herald correspondent

A pedestrian was killed by a passing Metra train Tuesday evening in Arlington Heights.

The crash occurred about 6 p.m., half a mile west of Wilke Road in Arlington Heights. Trains on the Union Pacific Northwest Line were halted until 7:40 p.m., Metra said.

The identity of the victim has not been released.

Trains on the Union Pacific Northwest Line were halted from about 6 to 7:40 p.m. Tuesday after a Metra train struck and killed a pedestrian. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com

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