Metro-east woman critically injured by MetroLink, mother wants investigation

The mother of a Collinsville woman who was critically injured when she was struck by a MetroLink train Tuesday said she is helping care for her daughter at a St. Louis hospital and wants police to find out what happened at the Emerson Park station in East St. Louis.

Crystal Young, 38, suffered multiple, severe injuries, including the amputation of her left leg below the knee after being hit by the train, her mother, Kim Young of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, said Wednesday.

Crystal Young was in critical but stable condition at Barnes-Jewish Hospital on Wednesday, according to her mother…

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