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Semi driver killed in crash with freight train at South Side railyard
One person is dead after a freight train crashed into a semi that was stopped on the tracks Monday morning at a railyard in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.
CHICAGO - One person is dead after a freight train crashed into a semi that was stopped on the tracks Monday morning at a railyard in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.
The crash happened around 6:30 a.m. in the intermodal railyard that runs parallel to the Dan Ryan Expressway between 47th Street and Garfield Boulevard. The semi trailer jack-knifed, pinning the cab of the semi truck between its own trailer and the train.
The trailer itself became wedged in against a second train, causing both trains to derail.
Chicago firefighters are currently trying to recover the body.
Editor's note: The Chciago Fire Department initially said there were no injuries in the crash but later said there was a fatality.