Des Plaines police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 9:51 AM Sunday to a report of a person hit by a Metra train near Lee Street and Miner Street Des Plaines, Il. Police and firefighter/paramedics on arrival discovered that a pedestrian was hit and killed by a Metra train.
Metra police and Des Plaines police investigating.
Metra described Train #706, scheduled to arrive Chicago at 10:09 AM, was operating 134 minutes behind schedule. However Metra did not indicated was involved in the pedestrian incident.
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