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A pedestrian was killed after being struck by a freight train Friday afternoon near Lake Forest, causing delays for Metra Milwaukee District North and Amtrak Hiawatha lines. Lake Forest police said ...

One person walking along railroad tracks near Ingleside was killed after being hit by a Metra train late Saturday night, ...

A pedestrian who was struck and killed by a Metra train in Lake County over the weekend has been identified, the coroner's ...

A man was struck and killed by an outbound Metra train traveling between Ingleside and Fox Lake Saturday night, officials ...

Metra’s trains on the Milwaukee District North Line were halted Friday afternoon in the north suburbs after a freight train fatally struck a man in his 70s, according to the Lake Forest Police ...