FILE: Amtrak #4615 outside of Carbondale (Courtesy: D. Mitchell Schultheis)

 

MANTENO, IL. (WJPF) — An Amtrak train en-route to Chicago from Carbondale has hit and killed a pedestrian in Northern Illinois.

It happened around 12:40 PM Thursday in Manteno.

The victim has been identified as 83-year-old Howard Blogger. It’s not clear why he was on the tracks.

No one on the train was injured.