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#1 CNJRoss

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Posted 18 January 2018 - 09:16 AM

Chicago Sun-Times, 1/17/18:
 

Cops: Car struck by freight train after man drove onto station platform in Lisle

 

 

A man has been charged after he allegedly drove onto a Metra station platform early Wednesday in west suburban Lisle, causing his car to be struck by a freight train.

 

Brian J. Edwards, 47, of Lisle, was charged with driving under the influence of drugs after the incident, which happened about 1:45 a.m. at the train depot at 1000 Front St., Lisle police said.

 

Edwards drove his car onto the pedestrian platform and then tried to back up, police said. Video surveillance captured the driver’s side wheels of Edward’s car fall off the platform near the train tracks.

 

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Posted 18 January 2018 - 09:21 AM

Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, IL 1/17/18:
 

Police: Drunken driver narrowly escapes freight train collision in Lisle

 

 

A man who drove his car onto the pedestrian platform at the Lisle Metra station and narrowly escaped getting hit by a freight train has been charged with drunken driving.

 

Lisle police went to the train station at 1000 Front St. in response to reports that a train struck a car about 1:45 a.m. Wednesday.

 

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