Lake and McHenry County Scanner
Providing breaking news as it happens in Lake & McHenry Counties in Illinois
The coroner has ruled that the woman who was killed after being struck by a freight train last Thursday in Barrington was a suicide. Metra officials and police said that a 49-year-old woman was struck by a Canadian National train…
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A woman was killed after being struck by a freight train Thursday morning in Barrington causing delays on Metra’s Union Pacific Northwest Line. Metra officials and police said that a 49-year-old woman was struck by a Canadian National train at…
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A freight train struck a tractor-trailer truck Tuesday morning in northwest suburban Barrington, shutting down train and vehicle traffic in downtown Barrington. The crash occurred at around 8:40 a.m. after the semi-truck’s back end was partially on the railroad tracks…
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(SUN-TIMES) — Two people were injured when a pickup collided with a semi truck Tuesday evening in northwest suburban Barrington, causing a fire and chemical spill. The pickup and semi collided at Route 14 and Hart Road, according to a…
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(ABC7 – WLS) — A driver died after crashing into a Barrington middle school Monday afternoon, police say. In a post to their Facebook page, Barrington 220 School District officials said the crash occurred along the driveway near the front…
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