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‘Preventable tragedy’: Investigators say warning lights were activated when train fatally struck mother of 7 riding bicycle in Grayslake

Investigators say a woman, who was a finance executive and mother of seven children, rode her bicycle directly into the path of a train, while the warning lights were activated, in Grayslake earlier this month. The Grayslake Police Department and Grayslake Fire Department responded around 8:12 p.m. on June 9 to the area of Grayslake […]

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Coroner identifies mother of 7, finance exec who died in ‘tragic accident’ after being hit by train in Grayslake

The coroner has released the identity of a 60-year-old woman, who was a finance executive and mother of seven children, after she was fatally struck by a train while riding her bicycle in downtown Grayslake. An autopsy performed Wednesday showed that Virginia Girmscheid, 60, of Grayslake, died as a result of blunt force injuries consistent […]