An attorney for the family of Christina Lopez, killed in the Metra train crash yesterday in Clarendon Hills, says the collision with a truck 'was an accident waiting to happen.'
An attorney for the family of a 72-year-old woman who was killed when the Metra train she was riding hit a semi-truck in west suburban Clarendon Hills said the collision"was an accident waiting to happen."
"From everything I've heard, that was an accident waiting to happen; that the traffic, because of the construction at that intersection, was so slowed down that people were in harm's way quite frequently, and that this was something that was bound to happen, and was very preventable," he said. "There is a four-inch lip that's very sharp, and every single driver that comes on through here has to slow down to almost a stop to go over it," he said."I actually got stuck on the tracks one time from somebody stopping and not going on the other side, and I was on tracks, and I was kind of nervous, but there was no train coming."
Klonowski said the family was fortunate to be able to celebrate with Lopez and most of their extended family on Mother's Day, just days before the crash.
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