Freight train hits car in Lake Forest, man seriously injured: police

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (WLS) -- A freight train hit a vehicle in the north suburbs Friday morning, Lake Forest police said.

Lake Forest police and fire crews responded just after 11:30 a.m. to the crash near Old Mill and Waukegan roads.

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A southbound Kansas City Southern freight train traveling from Milwaukee to Bensenville hit a car with a man in his 50s inside.

The man was taken to Condell Medical Center in serious condition, police said.

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No one else was injured.

Metra Milwaukee District North and the Amtrak Hiawatha trains were temporarily affected.

Roads in the area will be closed until a scene investigation is complete and the train can be removed.

Canadian Pacific Kansas Southern is leading the investigation into the incident, alongside Metra and the Lake Forest Police Department.