Truck Driver Killed in Crash that Derailed Amtrak Train

By Jean Kang, Mike Lowe, Courtney Gousman

WGN9

UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill. — A truck driver was killed when he apparently tried to cross the tracks in the path of an Amtrak train in south suburban University Park.

The accident happened around 5 p.m. Sunday in University Park, about 30 miles south of Chicago.