I just found the following news article online. After what happened to my friend last night, and now this! Train delays two days in a row due to dead bodies from assumed different causes lying on the tracks.

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Body found on Metra tracks

Tribune staff report
12:58 PM CDT, August 17, 2007

A body was found this morning on Metra tracks in the far northwest suburbs, police said.

The unidentified body was found at about 10 a.m. on the Union Pacific Northwest line tracks in Fox River Grove, according to police.

Authorities have no information that suggests the victim was hit by a train, although two trains were delayed for about an hour, according to Metra.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...1,288868.story