CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 71-year-old woman from northwest suburban Bartlett died after she lost control of her vehicle on I-90 and it was struck by a CTA train near Rosemont.
The driver, identified to Illinois State Police as Sara Giancola, was heading west on I-90 in the far left lane near Mannheim Road just before 9:10 p.m. Tuesday. State police said that's when she lost control of her black 2014 Ford SUV.
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The Ford rolled down an embankment and came to rest on the CTA Blue Line tracks, state police said. The front of a CTA Blue Line train struck the front of the Ford.
Giancola was extricated from the SUV and was transported to the hospital, where she died.
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There were seven people on the train when the crash occurred, police said. The train conductor and two passengers were transported to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
All lanes of westbound I-90 were shut down around 11:45 p.m. for an investigation. They re-opened around 1 a.m. CTA service was suspended overnight and returned to normal Wednesday morning.