A Naperville contractor has died after being hit by a freight train while removing snow on Monday night, officials said.

The crash happened Monday evening while he was removing snow from the south platform at the Naperville Metra train station.

A contractor removing snow from a Naperville train station was killed when a freight train struck the snow-removal equipment that the man was operating, according to city officials. Naperville ...

The victim was removing snow on the station's south platform when the equipment he was driving was hit by an eastbound freight train, a city spokesperson said.

A contractor removing snow on Monday evening in suburban Naperville was killed when a train struck the equipment he was operating, officials said. The incident was reported at the Naperville Metra ...

An investigation is underway.