WLS-TV Chicago, 8/30:
Metra trains delayed due to possible lightning strike
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra trains on the Union Pacific North line ran late in both directions Tuesday morning after lightning possibly struck an outbound train or nearby tracks on Chicago's North Side.Passengers headed toward Kenosha, Wis., were delayed at least an hour.
Passengers on Train No. 309 told ABC7 Eyewitness News they heard a loud bolt before their train stopped in the 7000-block of North Ravenswood Avenue in the Rogers Park neighborhood around 7 a.m. No one was hurt, officials said
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