Crime & Safety

Top Headlines: Man Killed by Metra Train, Brush Fire Spreads on Farm

Take a look at the Week in Review—March 30-April 6.

The top headlines this week in Frankfort Patch featured a tragedy on the Metra Railroad tracks and spot lighted Frankfort firefighters on the scene of a brush fire gone wild.

Lester P. Farrelly, Jr., died of multiple injuries from being struck by a train, according to the Will County Coroner's office.

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UPDATE: Brush Fire Burns Abandoned Farm

Firefighters are concerned about wind and dry conditions as they battle a brush fire southwest of LaGrange Road and Stuenkel Road

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