A truck pulling a trailer struck a railroad crossing gate along Watertown Plank Road, bending it into the path of a train. The incident disabled the railroad gate until railroad technicians arrived.

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. — A motorist was killed Monday after he bypassed lowered crossing gates and was truck by a passing freight train, police said. The driver, identified Tuesday as 65-year-old Edwin ...

Marin Lacson was on her way to school on a frigid January morning. The 17-year-old reached the train tracks on her walk to high school, stopping for an outbound Metra commuter train passing by. The ...

A train and vehicle collided at a rail crossing in Crete Thursday morning after a driver ignored the crossing gate, police said. Crete police Chief Scott Pieritz said officers responded at 6:53 a.m.