A man in his 30s was struck and injured by a Metra train while riding a bicycle and trying to cross the tracks Thursday morning along the Milwaukee District West line, a Metra spokesperson said.
It happened at about 7:20 a.m. at the Schaumburg station, 2000 S. Springinsguth Rd., and involved an outbound train, according to Meg Thomas-Reile, a Metra spokesperson.
He was rushed to Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downer’s Grove by Roselle firefighters, who happened to be near the crash when it happened, Thomas-Reile said. As of Thursday afternoon, the victim was in surgery and his condition was not immediately known.
Train traffic reopened on one track within an hour of the person being struck, and the other track reopened after 9:30 a.m.
Metra did not immediately have additional details.