The family of a 17 year old girl who was struck and killed has filed a lawsuit against Metra and the Union Pacific railroad after she was struck and killed.

Marin Lacson was hit and killed by a Metra commuter train back in January while on the way to school in Barrington.
Weather conditions were foggy and the teen crossed in front of a train after one had passed in the other direction.
Now, a lawsuit against Metra and the Union Pacific alleges negligence “for their failure to adequately warn and protect pedestrians at the Hough Street railroad crossing despite at least two prior occasions where trains struck pedestrians,” according to a press release.

In a statement, Mike Lacson, the girl’s father said in part, “Her death was preventable. Unlike other nearby railroad crossings, this crossing lacked pedestrian gates and other pedestrian warnings which would have saved my daughter’s life.”

Lacson was a junior at Barrington High School, and a star on the school’s and Second City’s lacrosse teams.