Teen Survives Being Struck by Prairie View Metra Train

A 17-year-old was hit by a Metra train Friday afternoon in what was an apparent suicide attempt, according to the Lake County Sherriff’s Office. 

The teen stepped in front of a slow moving commuter train and was thrown from the tracks just before 4 p.m. at Route 22 and Prairie Road, Sgt. Sara Balmes said. 

The person, whose gender Balmes declined to provide, was transported to Condell Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, she said. Balmes said the incident remains under investigation.

The incident caused traffic and North Central train delays while Route 22 was closed and emergency personnel were on the scene.

Previously: Pedestrian Reportedly Hit by Train in Prairie View

The incident is among the latest in a recent series involving trains in the northwest suburbs. Less than a month ago, a Buffalo Grove woman died after being struck by a train in Buffalo Grove. A few days later, a Lincolnshire man died when a train struck his vehicle as he drove around lowered railroad gates in Lake Forest, and a Lake Forest man was struck and killed by a Metra train near the Fort Sheridan station.

Friday evening, three people reportedly were able to exit a vehicle before it was struck by a train on Metra's North Central in Des Plaines.

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