BLUE ISLAND, Ill. (WLS) -- A 19 year old from Harvey was identified as the man killed in a crash with a freight train on the day before Thanksgiving. The crash happened on Wednesday at about 6 p.m.
A CSX freight train struck a car near Broadway Street in Blue Island around 6:11 p.m. Wednesday. Jair Ortega, 19, was killed in the crash, and another person in the car was critically injured; no ...