Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Death of Man Hit By Metra Train Ruled a Suicide
A Metra train stuck and killed a man Sunday night, within 1 mile of the Oak Forest station; the Cook County Medical Examiner's office has determined it a suicide.
The death of a has been declared a suicide.
The man's name is still being withheld pending family identification, the Cook County Medical Examiner's office said Monday.
The Chicago-bound train struck the man shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday—a minute before it was due to roll into the Oak Forest station.
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Passengers recounted The conductor warned passengers to return to their seats, as he feared they had struck a person.
The incident, which occurred near 161st and Laramie Avenue, halted service on Metra's Rock Island line for almost two hours, with investigators and clean-up crews on the scene past 10 p.m.
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