Amtrak train crashes into construction equipment in Lake Forest, injuring worker: police

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (WLS) -- An Amtrak train crashed into construction equipment, injuring a worker in the north suburbs on Sunday afternoon, police said.

Lake Forest police said the train collided with a front-end loader around 12:05 p.m. near Everett and Waukegan as it was heading to Chicago.

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Passengers said the train came to an abrupt stop. Chopper 7 was over the scene.

The construction vehicle's operator, who was working on the track, was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injures, police said.

All train traffic was stopped on the Milwaukee District North line as a result of the crash.

Police asked the public to avoid the area while investigators process the scene.

Further information was not immediately available.