Nov 4, 2009 6:06 am US/Central
2 Men Hit, Killed By Amtrak Train
Victims Were Reportedly Homeless
UNINCORPORATED GLENN, Ill. (CBS) ―
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Two men were struck and killed by an Amtrak train in the southwest suburbs overnight.
CBS
It was a tragedy on the rails overnight, when two people were hit and killed by an Amtrak train just outside southwest suburban Stickney.
About 8:30 p.m. Amtrak train No. 304 train from St. Louis bound for Union Station was approximately 9 miles from the station in the unincorporated community of Glenn, near Stickney, when it struck two trespassers, according to Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari, who said the two people were killed.
The two victims were described as two men, both in their 50s and thought to be homeless, according to a spokesman for the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, who said they were dead at the scene at 4700 S. Luna Ave.
As of 12:30 a.m., train No 304 remained stopped at the scene and Magliari said it would be up to authorities from the Cook County Sheriff's office and the Cook County Medical Examiner's office to determine when the train could be on the move again.
About 70 passengers and crew were aboard the train and no one on the train was injured, he said. Magliari was not sure how fast the train was going at the time of the incident but said it did not occur near a scheduled stop.
Service on Train 306, also bound for Union Station from St. Louis, was affected as well, Magliari said.
The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.
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