CHICAGO (WLS) — A federal investigation into Metra’s operations has begun following three separate complaints that have raised red flags about safety.
Those three incidents happened within days of each other, one of them occurring a little bit south of the 35th Street station. The train was apparently speeding.
It happened last Monday morning on an inbound Rock Island train.
“Everyone screamed on the train when it was going so fast. It leaned and scared everyone,” said Metra rider Pat Boskey.
Read the complete story at ABC7 Eyewitness News.
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