Woman fatally struck by Metra train in Arlington Heights

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A woman was struck and killed by a Metra Union Pacific Northwest Line train Friday morning in northwest suburban Arlington Heights.

Train 626, scheduled to arrive in Chicago at 8:31 a.m., struck Vivian Veloz, 32, about 7:45 a.m. near the Arlington Heights station, 45 W. Northwest Highway, according to Metra spokesman Michael Gillis and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

All crossing gates were deployed and working properly when the woman “entered the path of the train and was subsequently struck” as the train crossed Arlington Heights Road, according to a statement from Arlington Heights police.

Veloz died of her injuries and her death was ruled a suicide, the medical examiner’s office said.

Trains were temporarily halted in both directions after the crash, Gillis said.

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