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Photos: Saturday Water Main Break Floods Metra Tracks

A reader shared these pictures of the aftermath of a break in downtown Western Springs.

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A water main in downtown Western Springs broke early on Saturday morning, flooding the Village downtown, including the BNSF Metra tracks.

Patch reader Jacob Metzger sent us the above photos, taken around 9 a.m. on Saturday. Metzger said that the break occurred at Hillgrove Avenue and Wolf Road, and temporarily disabled the Lawn Avenue crossing gates.

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