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A TRAGIC ACCIDNET IN RIVER GROVE
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A KID IN RIVER GROVE GOT HIT BY A MILWAUKEE WEST LINE WESTBOUND EXPRESS TRAIN GOING 68 MPH THE KID GOT OFF AN EASTBOUND TRAIN AND WAS WAITING FOR HIS DAD WHEN HE DARTED ACROSS THE TRACKS HIS MOM TOLD HIM TO STOP THEN A EXPRESS TRAIN HIT HIM A METRA SPOKESPERSON SAID THE ENGINNER'S WERE A TAKEN OFF DUTY FOR COUCLING THEY THINK THAT BOTH OF THEM BROKE RULES THAT STATE TO TELL THE APPROACHING TRAIN TO STOP OR KEEP HIS OWN TRAIN IN THE STATION. METRA WILL LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM THEY WILL LOOK AT RAIDO LOGS AND EVENT RECORDERS AND OTHER DATA TO SEE IF THE ENGINNER CAUSED THE ACCIDNET THE EXPRESS SOUNDED ITS HORN LIKE REQURIED THE CHILDS GRANDMOTHER BLAMED METRA IT'S HARD TO TELL TO HAVE ONE TRAIN COME THRU THEN DON'T LET THE PASSENGERS OFF I LIVE BY THE BN 3 TRACK MAIN TO AURORA AND THEY DON'T FOLLOW THAT POLICY THEY LET PEOPLE EVEN IF A EXPRESS BLASTING THRU AT 70 MPH. MY SYMOTHIES GO TO HIS FAMILY AND THE ENGINNERS[:(][:(][:(]
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