A press release from McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski about the death last Tuesday of Gregory Voiron, 47, on the train tracks near Woodstock’s Walmart. Mr. Vorion was stuck by the train at 1:58 PM. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Train Crash
October 25, 1995–twenty years ago. What an awful day. That was the day of the Fox River Grove school bus-Metra train collusion. Substitute driver unfamiliar with the route. Mercifully, I remained blissfully ignorant of the morning crash until about noon. … Continue reading
The driver of a pickup truck apparently escaped serious injury when he and a train collided in Fox River Grove. It was not the same intersection at which the school bus and train crashed in 1995. The driver obviously … Continue reading
It happened today in Solon Mills. Here’s the information released by the Sheriff’s Department on 18-year old Rick Pries run-in with a Wisconsin Central train. Sheriff’s Office Investigates Train and Car Traffic Crash Sheriff Keith Nygren announced today the investigation … Continue reading
One might have thought the campaign ended with the Republican primary victory of McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren over Zane Seipler, the deputy Nygren never wants to see in the Sheriff’s Department again. But Seipler’s blog, McHenry County Sheriff’s Department … Continue reading
I pretty nearly jumped out of my chair as the weather alert went off with a “Tornado Warning.” It was 10:10 AM. Not until after the sharp “beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep…” went off did … Continue reading
As I was leaving Colonial Cafe after Wednesday’s Crystal Lake Kiwanis meeting, I drove up Main Street and saw three Union Pacific engines blocking the entrance to the Jewel shopping center. I saw a Crystal Lake Police car with lights … Continue reading
As I was leaving Colonial Cafe after Wednesday’s Crystal Lake Kiwanis meeting, I drove up Main Street and saw three Union Pacific engines blocking the entrance to the Jewel shopping center. I saw a Crystal Lake Police car with lights … Continue reading
You might think that local school districts would have learned a lesson from the Fox River Grove tragedy that occurred ten years ago. But, one apparently hasn’t. I was driving west on Crystal Lake Avenue this afternoon about 1:35 and … Continue reading