
HAINESVILLE (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - A Monday morning collision between a Metra train and a dump truck has left one person dead and another injured.
The crash was reported shortly before 7 a.m. The Metra District North Line train was headed inbound from Fox Lake when it struck a dump truck in Hainesville. The train partially derailed. According to Metra, the driver of the truck died while one of the roughly 40 passengers onboard was hurt and transported to a local hospital.
With an investigation being conducted, Trains are only running between Grayslake and Union Station on an abbreviated schedule.
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