NBC Chicago still frame from video at 6:27 a.m. (nbcchicago.com)
A Metra North Line passenger train is reported crashed with a vehicle at Seegers Road. Originally passengers called 9-1-1 and didn’t know exactly were they were, which had Mount Prospect police searching the Kensington Road intersection, Prospect Heights police searching near the Prospect Heights Metra Station and Buffalo Grove police searching their crossings with the North Line.
No serious injuries are reported.
Train #100, scheduled to arrive Chicago at 6:55 a.m., is stopped north of O’Hare Transfer due to a grade crossing accident. The duration of this delay is unknown. Metra will update this site as information becomes available.
(Posted:11/29/2011 06:20 AM)
The following trains are operating behind schedule due to a an earlier grade crossing accident involving train #100: Train #100, scheduled to arrive Chicago at 6:55 a.m., is operating 70 to 75 minutes behind schedule. Train #100 will express from O’hare Transfer to Western Avenue. Train #102 will accommodate passengers. Train #102, scheduled to arrive Chicago at 7:25 a.m., is operating 40 to 45 minutes behind schedule. Train #104, scheduled to arrive Chicago at 7:47 a.m., is operating 20 to 25 minutes behind schedule. Train #108, scheduled to arrive Chicago at 8:11 a.m., is operating 20 minutes behind schedule. (Posted:11/29/2011 07:20 AM)
By rail, the crash site is located between the Prospect Heights Metra station and the O’Hare Transfer station.
By roadway, the crash site is on Seegers Road between Rand Road and Northwest Highway.