Crime & Safety
Tinley Motorcycle Driver Dead After Crash in Orland with Metra Train
The Chicago Tribune reported that the driver died early Friday morning after a crash near Wolf Road and 175th Street in Orland Park.
Metra officials are still working on a full report of an accident that left a motorcyclist dead around 1 a.m. Friday.
Joseph S. DeMarco, 50, of the 16800 block of South 81st Avenue, was named as the victim Friday afternoon, according to the Cook County Coroner's Office.
No other people were injured in the accident, which occurred near 175th Street and Wolf Road in Orland, according to the Chicago Tribune. Metra staff confirmed Friday that the gates and warning signals were working as intended at the crash's location.
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Metra officials said DeMarco struck one of the gates before the train, Triblocal reported.
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