Three railroad crossings in Kankakee were closed for some three hours Tuesday morning while emergency personnel investigated a fatal train-pedestrian incident. A southbound Canadian National freight hit a woman along Kensington Avenue. It happened about 6:30 am in the 2200-block. The train was stopped for the investigation. The train was rolling and the crossings reopened around 9 am.
An unidentified woman was killed. The CN Railway Police, Kankakee Fire and the County Coroner's Office were involved with the investigation, according to a city police news release.
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