Car Crashes Into Glenview Metra Station

GLENVIEW, IL — Metra commuter trains were slowed on the Milwaukee District Northern Line on Wednesday afternoon after a minivan crashed into the Glenview Metra station. Police said a 75-year-old Niles woman was driving a Toyota Sienna northbound on Lehigh Avenue when she left the road and hit a warming hut on the west side of the station. There were no passengers in the vehicle and the driver declined to taken to the hospital. No one else was involved or injured in the incident.

The minivan's driver was issued three citations for traffic offenses: failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, speeding and failure to stop for a stop sign, according to Glenview police.

Train traffic was not blocked by the crash. (Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest news for Glenview — or your community. And iPhone users: Check out Patch's new app.)

WLS captured images of the scene from a helicopter: