Not a good day for railroad crossings in Chicagoland... Multiple accidents today

4 injured after van hits railroad crossing gate on South Side
Four people were hospitalized this afternoon after a van hit a railroad crossing in the Grand Crossing neighborhood, fire officials said.
The accident happened shortly after 3 p.m. near the intersection of 71st Street and Stony Island Avenue, according to Chicago Fire Department officials. Some of those injured were children.
Officials said no train was involved and that the van hit a crossing gate.
The accident spurred an EMS Plan 1 response which called for six ambulances to the scene, officials said. Previously, officials said six people had been injured.
The people were in stable condition, officials said.

Train hits woman on Far South Side
A woman was seriously injured when she was struck by a train on the Far South Side this afternoon, authorities said.

The woman was hit by a train near 115th Street and Perry Avenue about 5 p.m., said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Daniel O'Brien.

She was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in serious-to-critical condition, said Will Knight, a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department.

A spokesman with the Union Pacific Railroad did not immediately have information on the incident.

Woman on bike struck by train on Southwest Side
A woman on a bicycle was struck by a train and injured this afternoon on the Southwest Side this afternoon, police said.

The woman, believed to be between the ages of 50 and 60, was struck by a freight train about 4:04 p.m. in the 4500 block of West 59th Street, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Daniel O'Brien. The woman was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn for treatment, O'Brien said. The extent of her injuries was not immediately known.

A witness who came upon the scene of the accident this afternoon said officials on the scene said the woman was riding a bicycle and apparently tried to cross as the freight train was approaching. The accident happened at a street-level railroad crossing, the witness said.

The freight train was stopped following the accident, blocking crossings at 59th Street, 55th Street and Archer Avenue, the witness said.