Pedestrian Anna C. Stockham, 28, stuck and killed by train near Cherry Street crossing in Morrison, Illinois

Modified Date: 
Mon, 02/01/2016 - 3:18pm
Accident Date: 
Sunday, January 31, 2016

Pedestrian struck and killed by train in Morrison, IL

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a train in Morrison, Illinois overnight, police say. The train had been heading eastbound on the north set of tracks when it struck a pedestrian just east of the Cherry Street railroad crossing in Morrison. According to the police department’s Facebook page, several railroad crossings were closed as officers investigated the incident throughout the night. If you have any information about the incident, you are asked to call the Morrison Police Department at 815-772-7659. At the Cherry Street crossing there are businesses north of the tracks and homes south of the tracks.

UPDATE: Name released in fatal train accident

At 2:54 a.m. Sunday, the Whiteside County Sheriff’s Communications Center received a call from Union Pacific Railway of an incident involving a pedestrian and their train in an area just east of the Cherry Street railroad crossing in Morrison.
People Involved: 
Anna C. Stockham
Roadway: 
Cherry Street

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