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CHICAGO (SUN TIMES MEDIA WIRE) - Two people are in critical condition after a vehicle was struck by a Metra train Tuesday morning in the South Shore neighborhood.
The vehicle was struck by Metra Electric Train No. 319 near 71st and Constance about 11:45 a.m., Metra spokesman Tom Miller said.
Two people in the vehicle were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious-to-critical condition, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Jeff Lyle said. Their ages and genders weren’t immediately available.
Train No. 319, which was scheduled to arrive at 93rd Street-South Chicago at 11:57 a.m., did not run past 71st Street, according to Metra. Inbound Train No. 322 was also canceled.