Crime & Safety
Palatine Woman Killed in Arlington Park Metra Crash Identified
The accident happened about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The Cook County Coroner's Office has identified the woman killed in a Metra train crash Wednesday morning near the Arlington Park station as Barbara Scoglietti of the 200 block of South Park Lane in Palatine, according to the Chicago Tribune.
She was struck and killed be an inbound Metra train at about 7:30 a.m., according to the article.
Article updated at 1:30 p.m. on May 29.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE: An inbound Union Pacific Metra train on the Northwest line struck and killed a pedestrian around 7:30 a.m. near the Arlington Park station, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The fatal accident occurred at Rohlwing Road on the Metra tracks near Arlington Park, according to the article.
Just before 9:30 a.m. Wednesday,delays were being reported on the Northwest line. Inbound trains may be operating 40 to 120 minutesbehind schedule and speed restricting are in effect from Arlington Park to Cumberland, according to Metra.
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