A Metra BNSF passenger was killed when their train struck a semi-trailer in west suburban Clarendon Hills Wednesday morning — the second crash in the transit agency’s history to kill a train passenger.
In a written statement, Metra said: “All of us at Metra and BNSF Railway are devastated by this death and we will cooperate fully with the NTSB investigation.”
The Metra train was running on an altered scheduled because of an earlier mechanical problem on another train, Reile said. Train 1242 originated from Downers Grove and was expressing to Union Station when the crash happened, she said. It was the second crash in Metra’s history where a passenger aboard a train was killed, Reile said. In September 2005, an inbound Rock Island train from Joliet derailed and smashed into the 47th Street bridge when it was going nearly 70 mph in a 10 mph zone, killing two women on board and injuring 117.
In that case, the train engineer wasn’t paying attention to track signals telling him to slow down for a track switch, according to an NTSB report released the following year. The agency also cited Metra for failing to see the danger of having a track crossover with a speed limit so low, and for not equipping its locomotives with positive train control, a system that can slow or stop a train when personnel on board fail to do so.
After Wednesday’s crash, U.S. Rep. Sean Casten, from Downers Grove, said in a statement: “My heart is broken to learn that, earlier today, a life was lost and four people were injured in a train crash in Clarendon Hills. My thoughts are with the families and loved ones of those impacted. We must take steps to ensure we protect our community from future tragedies.”An NTSB spokesman had no immediate comment beyond confirming investigators were headed to the crash site.
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