Metra UP-NW train hits empty vehicle near Norwood Park

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Metra trains were halted Friday evening for an unoccupied vehicle struck by a train near the Norwood Park station.

The empty vehicle was struck about 6:30 p.m. on Harlem Avenue, according to the Chicago Fire Department. No one was hurt.

Some trains began moving again after 8 p.m., according to Metra.

A pedestrian was hit by a train earlier in the day on the Metra Electric Line on the South Side.

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