Officials ID bicyclist hit, killed by freight train in Grayslake

GRAYSLAKE, Ill. (WLS) -- Officials identified the bicyclist who was hit and killed by a freight train on Tuesday evening.

The Lake County Coroner's Office said 60-year-old Virginia Girmscheid, of Grayslake, died at the scene near Lake Street and Hillside Avenue.

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The Grayslake Police Department, the Grayslake Fire Department, and the Metra Police Department responded to the crash, which involved a CN freight train, just before 8:15 p.m.

Preliminary autopsy results indicate that Girmscheid died from blunt-force injuries.

Metra police are investigating the crash.

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