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One person is dead and another person injured after a vehicle slammed into an Amtrak train in Camarillo on Monday.
Authorities received a call about the collision at a standard railroad crossing at 5th Street and Las Posas Road at 10:49 a.m. Investigators believe a vehicle struck the train, and the impact sent the car into a parked pickup truck.
One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash early Monday in southwest suburban Lemont.
A man driving a blue Toyota in the northbound lanes of Archer Avenue was passing other vehicles on the right shoulder about 6:20 a.m. when he lost control and ended up in the southbound lanes, where he was hit by a Dodge pickup, a Cook County Sheriff’s office spokesperson said.
The 48-year-old driver of the Toyota was pronounced dead on the scene. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed the man’s death, but his name was not being released Monday morning.
A Simpson County teen is critically injured after a one-vehicle crash near Mendenhall.
According to authorities, 19-year-old Chasidy Wade lost control of her Acura TL while trying to avoid hitting a cat.
She was traveling northbound on Highway 13 when she went across the southbound lane of Highway 13. Wade then left the roadway and hit a tree.
She was taken to Simpson General Hospital and airlifted to UMC where she remains in critical condition tonight.
The investigation is still ongoing.
A man standing on the sidewalk waiting to cross the street was struck and killed by an SUV spinning out of control from a two-car crash, police said.
A car traveling westbound on Greenway tried to turn left onto 29th Street and hit the SUV that was heading eastbound, officers said.
The SUV spun after getting hit and struck Cameron Matthew Hall.
The intersection at 29th Street and Greenway is expected to be closed for several hours while police follow up their investigation.
The elderly woman who was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver in Rosemead Sunday has been identified.
Qingrong Chai, 69, was hit and killed at Marshall Street and Greendale Avenue around 6:20 p.m.
Deputies say a gray SUV was traveling without its headlights on when it struck Chai. The driver then fled westbound without stopping.
The victim would have celebrated her 70th birthday on Thursday.