A Metra train slammed into a truck with so much force that wreckage wrapped around the train and tore through the side, hurling a passenger through a window to her death, a federal safety agency said Thursday.
A day after the horrific crash in Clarendon Hills, an official with the National Transportation Safety Board said investigators hope to answer two key questions: Why was Christina Lopez, a 72-year-old grandmother, ejected from the train — a rare occurrence in crossing accidents — and why was the box truck on the tracks when there was room for it to move.
