Police arrest a driver and remove an SUV from the train tracks after the alleged intoxicated driver mistook the tracks for a roadway, causing train traffic to be temporarily halted late Wednesday evening into early Thursday morning near Route 14 and Kelsey Road in Lake Barrington. | Photo: Nick Rusin
By Sam Borcia | Lake & McHenry County Scanner
A woman was arrested after the sheriff says she drove drunk 100 feet down the railroad tracks, mistaking them for a road, in Lake Barrington late Wednesday evening.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday to the area of Kelsey Road and Route 14 in Lake Barrington for a report of a vehicle on the railroad tracks.
Lake County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Matthew Harmon said deputies arrived and confirmed a vehicle, a black Mazda SUV, was on the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.
Police arrest a driver and remove an SUV from the train tracks after the alleged intoxicated driver mistook the tracks for a roadway, causing train traffic to be temporarily halted late Wednesday evening into early Thursday morning near Route 14 and Kelsey Road in Lake Barrington. | Photo: Nick Rusin
Deputies immediately contacted Union Pacific to temporarily halt train traffic.
A tow truck responded and safely removed the Mazda from the tracks, Harmon said.
Deputies determined the vehicle was driven by Megan Marshall, 32, of Lisle.
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