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Police & Fire
Pedestrian Killed by Train a 21-Year-Old Downers Grove Man
The man who died Tuesday morning after he was struck by an eastbound Metra commuter train at the Forest Avenue crossing near downtown Downers Grove was a 21-year-old Downers Grove residen...
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Police & Fire
Rash of Fatal Collisions are Coincidence, Not Pattern, Metra Says
Roughly 25 to 30 fatal collisions involving Metra trains occur across the Chicagoland system each year, Metra spokesperson Michael Gillis said, but pinning down trends is difficult. ...
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Public Safety
Saving Those Who Save Others
We lose a lot of good firefighters to behavioral health issues such as depression, anxiety, PTSD and yes, suicide. In 2009, I founded Counseling Services for Fire Fighters (CSFF). The goa...
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Police & Fire
UPDATE: Another Pedestrian Dead After Being Hit by Train in Downers Grove
Updated at 4:30 p.m. The DuPage County Coroner's Office does know the identity of the male pedestrian who was killed by an eastbound train near downtown Downers Grove Tuesday morning...
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Police & Fire
Clarendon Hills Man Dies After Being Hit by BNSF Train in Hinsdale
Updated at 8:31 p.m. The 42-year-old man who died after he was struck by a Metra train passing through the West Hinsdale train station Monday afternoon was from Clarendon Hills, acco...