A person died after being struck by a freight train early Wednesday in north suburban Glenview.
The train hit the person about 1:30 a.m. near Depot Street on the Milwaukee District North tracks at the Glenview Metra station, according to a Metra spokesman.
Police responded and found a male dead at the scene, Glenview police Sgt. Jim Foley said in an email.
The train that struck the person was owned by the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co., according to Watco Companies spokesman Ken Lucht.
The Cook County medial examiner’s office confirmed the fatality, but has not ruled on a cause and manner of death.
Metra police are investigating.
