An SUV burst into flames Thursday after it was hit by a Metra train at Northwest Highway and Euclid Avenue in Arlington Heights. Authorities say the SUV's driver was killed in the crash.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
A Rolling Meadows woman was killed Thursday when an inbound Metra train hit her SUV in Arlington Heights, causing the vehicle to burst into flames, police say.
The collision occurred about 2:30 p.m. along the Union Pacific Northwest Line near Northwest Highway and Euclid Avenue, and pushed the 2009 Honda Element about 1,000 feet east toward Ridge Avenue.
Zaiemunnisa Khan, 61, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Deputy Police Chief Andy Whowell said Khan had been driving around the lowered train gates to make a turn when she was hit by the train. Police believe she was attempting to go west on Euclid from Northwest Highway.
Inbound and outbound trains on the Union Pacific Northwest Line remained delayed up to 40 minutes throughout the evening, Metra's website said.
Police believe the warning lights and gates were in working order at the time of the crash.
No one on the train was injured in the crash, but Whowell said one person later had an anxiety attack and was taken to a hospital.
Metra trains are moving again on Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line after a train struck a vehicle, killing its driver, in Arlington Heights. Police say the SUV's driver was going around train gates at Northwest Highway and Euclid Avenue when the collision occurred.
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A driver was killed Thursday when a Metra train struck an SUV at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Northwest Highway in Arlington Heights.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Arlington Heights firefighters extinguish a fire that resulted after inbound Union Pacific Northwest Line train number 646 struck a car at Euclid Avenue in Arlington Heights. The train came to a stop at Walnut Avenue with the burning car at the front of the lead coach.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Metra trains are moving again on Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line after a train struck a vehicle, killing its driver, in Arlington Heights. Police say the SUV's driver was going around train gates at Northwest Highway and Euclid Avenue when the collision occurred.
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