Mt. Prospect woman walking on tracks
struck, killed by train
A woman walking on railroad tracks in Chicago died after she
was struck by an Amtrak train Sunday afternoon, officials said.
Cook County medical examiner's office officials declined to
immediately release her name, but Associated Press reports identified the woman
as a 45-year-old Mount Prospect resident.
Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said the incident happened
about noon, eight miles south of Union Station. He said Amtrak's Hiawatha line
was heading from Milwaukee to Union Station when it hit the woman, who was
trespassing while she walked on the tracks with her back to the train.
Magliari said there were no injuries to Amtrak passengers or
crew. He said the train was delayed from reaching its final destination by
about 90 minutes and that the incident forced cancellation of one
Chicago-to-Milwaukee round trip.
Information from Amtrak crew members indicated the woman did
not try to get out of the train's path, Magliari said.