Vehicle struck by Metra BNSF train near Berwyn
BERWYN, Ill. (CBS)-- Metra BNSF service was halted for more than an hour Thursday morning, after an outbound train hit a vehicle near Berwyn.
Metra confirmed a train headed to Aurora hit a vehicle near Berwyn shortly before 10 a.m.
Berwyn police said a Chicago woman who was driving north on Ridgeland Avenue went around the railroad crossing gates, which were down at the time, and then abandoned the vehicle on the tracks before the train hit it.
She was ticketed for disobeying the railroad safety gates, and the vehicle was towed away.
Inbound and outbound train movement was halted for more than an hour, but Metra said by 11:20 a.m., trains were running again with extensive delays.
