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A train struck a pedestrian about 10:45 p.m. just west of Prospect Avenue along the Union Pacific Railway tracks near the Prospect Avenue grade crossing, according to Glen Ellyn police spokeswoman Elaine Speidel.

The unidentified pedestrian, of an unidentified gender, was airlifted to Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Speidel said. The victim’s age was not immediately available, but was not a child.