AURORA, Ill. — Commuters in the western suburbs faced some delays after a freight train derailed on Friday morning. According to officials from BNSF, the derailment unfolded just before 5:30 a.m.

All trains in both directions on Metra’s busy BNSF line from the western suburbs to Union Station were stopped Thursday morning after a vehicle struck a bridge, with “extensive” delays anticipated, ...

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A pedestrian was struck and killed Friday evening by an inbound Metra BNSF train at a Brookfield intersection near a suburban station, officials said. Train #1276 was running express to Union Station ...

The crash appears to have unfolded along an overpass near the intersection of South Kedzie Avenue and West 21st Street, in Little Village. While it is currently unclear what exactly led to the crash, ...