Jan. 21--Service was delayed after a train on Metra's Southwest Service line struck a vehicle Wednesday morning near 87th Street and Pulaski Road, on the border of Chicago and Hometown, according to Metra's website.
The driver of the vehicle suffered minor injuries and was transported to a hospital, according to Hometown police. No other injuries were reported.
Trains were stopped for a while in both directions after the collision and later were delayed, according to the website.
Hometown police Chief Chuck Forsyth said the vehicle was rear-ended by another vehicle. The collision "pushed the one vehicle onto the tracks."
The incident is near where a collision between at Metra train and a vehicle killed two people in late December.
The tracks cut right through the intersection of 87th and Pulaski. Southwest Highway, which becomes Columbus Avenue in Chicago, also runs diagonally near the intersection.
Forsyth said train collisions with vehicles have been rare in recent years.
"We haven't had an incident there in my 12 years as chief, until the last two -- 12 years of nothing then two in one month," he said. "Really, the weather is a factor in both."
He said the first one involved snow and sleet and the most recent one involved light snow.
