A driver was seriously injured after a crash involving a train that caused his vehicle to become fully engulfed in flames near Harvard Thursday morning. The Harvard Fire Protection District, McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and Metra Police Department responded around 2:24 a.m. Thursday to the area of Irish Lane and McGuire Road in unincorporated Harvard […]
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Suspects fire shots during Pleasant Prairie carjacking, train later strikes their stolen vehicle near Zion
Police arrested one suspect and are searching for another after they fired shots during a carjacking in Pleasant Prairie and then had their stolen vehicle struck by a train near Zion. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office received a call around 4 a.m. Thursday for a report of a train that struck a vehicle on the […]
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Woman injured after Metra train hits her car in Round Lake Park
A woman was in critical condition but is now stable after her vehicle was struck by a Metra train Sunday in Round Lake Park. The crash happened at around 11:00 a.m. after a vehicle traveling westbound on Route 134 near Porter Drive was struck by a Metra commuter train bound for Chicago, according to Chief […]