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Pedestrian Killed by Metra Train on Union Pacific NW Line

Union Pacific Northwest trains are back on schedule.

UPDATE 1:45 p.m.: All Union Pacific Northwest trains are back on schedule after the incident in Des Plaines. 

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A person is dead after being struck by a Metra train in Des Plaines. 

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The incident happened at 8:25 a.m. when Union Pacific Northwest train 632 struck a pedestrian near the Des Plaines train station. That train originated in McHenry at 7:39 a.m. and stopped in Barrington at 8:06 a.m.

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