A candlelight vigil is set to be held Friday evening as the community mourns the death of a teenage girl who was fatally struck by a train while walking to Barrington High School. An autopsy performed Thursday on Marin Lacson, 17, of Barrington, showed she died as a result of blunt force injuries, according to […]
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‘Always made everyone feel welcome’: Community mourns death of Barrington High School student killed by train
Friends of a Barrington High School student, who was on the lacrosse team, are remembering the 17-year-old girl after she was struck and killed by a train walking to school. An autopsy performed Thursday on Marin Lacson, 17, of Barrington, showed she died as a result of blunt force injuries, according to Lake County Coroner […]
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Coroner identifies 17-year-old student accidentally struck, killed by Metra train in Barrington
The coroner has identified a 17-year-old girl and Barrington High School student who was accidentally struck and killed by a train while trying to cross railroad tracks. An autopsy performed Thursday on Marin Lacson, 17, of Barrington, showed she died as a result of blunt force injuries, according to Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek. The […]
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‘It was all over in seconds’: Witness says Barrington High School student was accidentally struck, killed by train
A witness says a girl, who was a Barrington High School student, was accidentally struck and killed by a Metra train in Barrington while trying to cross the tracks Thursday morning. The Metra Police Department, Barrington Fire Department and Barrington Police Department responded around 7:45 a.m. Thursday to the Union Pacific Railroad train tracks in […]
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Extensive delays reported on Metra UP-NW line after pedestrian fatally struck by train in Barrington
All inbound and outbound trains on the Metra UP-NW line near Barrington are halted after a train fatally struck a pedestrian Thursday morning. The Metra Police Department, Barrington Fire Department and Barrington Police Department responded around 7:45 a.m. Thursday to the Union Pacific Railroad train tracks in the area of Main Street and Hough Street […]
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Migrants dropped off by bus at Waukegan Metra station for at least second occasion
Almost 50 migrants were reportedly dropped off at the Waukegan Metra station Friday evening, which was at least the second drop-off in the town recently. The Metra Police Department reported approximately 40-50 migrants boarded a Union Pacific North line train around 8 p.m. Friday. The migrants had offloaded from a bus that dropped them at […]
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Coroner identifies 64-year-old man killed after being struck by freight train at train station in Deerfield
The coroner has released the identity of a 64-year-old man who died after he was struck by a freight train at the Metra station in Deerfield Saturday afternoon. An autopsy performed Monday showed that Robert Pighetti, 64, of Deerfield, died as a result of blunt force injuries, according to the Lake County Coroner’s Office. The […]
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Metra trains delayed after pedestrian fatally struck by freight train at train station in Deerfield
Metra trains are extensively delayed after a pedestrian was fatally struck by a freight train at the Metra station in Deerfield Saturday afternoon. The Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire Protection District, Metra Police Department and Deerfield Police Department responded around 3:15 p.m. Saturday to the Metra station, 860 Deerfield Road in Deerfield. Train crews reported a subject had […]
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Man charged in violent, unprovoked attack on two Metra employees at train station in Waukegan
Prosecutors say a man committed an unprovoked violent attack on a Metra conductor and then repeatedly punched a second Metra conductor who tried coming to the aid of the first in Waukegan. Jonathan Raygoza, 28, of Chicago, was charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, two counts of aggravated assault on a transit employee, […]