We have been looking for answers since a passenger was ejected from Metra train and killed when the train hit a truck in Clarendon Hills earlier this week.
But today, that request is still listed as open - and the FRA says they're still researching the issue.
It's a problem that dates back 50 years, when multiple people died after being ejected from a derailed Amtrak City of New Orleans train in Southern Illinois. Sumwalt asid in 2016, the NTSB recommended the FRA conduct research on ways to prevent passenger injuries, such as seatbelts, and then develop a better safety plan."The NTSB is basically waiting for those recommendations to be implemented," Sumwalt said.
CBS 2 has reviewed video that appears to show her body strike a window - either dislodging or breaking it as the impact of the crash propels her out of the train."It's even more tragic to endure an accident, and then make recommendations, and then those recommendations aren't enacted upon - and then you have similar tragedies down the road," Sumwalt said.
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