Driver leaves scene after car is hit by Metra train by train
PALATINE, Ill. (CBS) -- A Metra train hit a vehicle in Palatine Monday evening, but by the time first responders arrived, the car was nowhere to be found.
Police said they were called to Brockway and Slade streets just before 7:30 p.m.
They found debris littering the ground after a car was hit by a Metra Union Pacific-Northwest train – but the driver was gone.
No one was hurt, but the accident caused major disruptions on the Metra line.
A day after the accident, police in Palatine were looking for the driver who left. The vehicle was described as a black Jeep.
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