Cook County briefs

Bicyclist in fair condition

The 58-year-old Palatine man hit by a motorist Thursday morning in Inverness has been upgraded to fair condition, an Advocate Lutheran General Hospital spokeswoman said Friday. Robert Clark was riding his bicycle east on Palatine Road around 6:50 a.m. when a 70-year-old Palatine man driving a van struck him. The driver wasn't injured. No citations have been issued and police are still investigating the incident.

Train death ruled suicide

Arlington Heights police said a man committed suicide when he stepped in front of a Metra train at Euclid Avenue and Northwest Highway Thursday night. The 56-year-old local man was struck by a Metra Union Pacific Northwest Line train around 8:30 p.m. One Metra train scheduled to arrive in Crystal Lake at 8:55 p.m. was canceled. Other train lines were delayed on Thursday night because of the accident. The man had lived about a block away from the Arlington Park train station for about five years, police said.

Small fire at Streamwood High

Firefighters were called to Streamwood High School Friday after smoke started pouring from a motor attached to a basketball hoop in the gym. No one was injured, the smoke was contained to the gym and the school did not need to be evacuated. The motor is used to raise and lower the backboard.