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After a student Barrington High School student was fatally struck by a rush hour Metra train last month, the village of Barrington is working to enhance safety measures at rail crossings through education, increased signage and the potential addition of pedestrian gates and underpasses. On Jan. 25, Marin Lacson, 17, a BHS junior, was struck and killed by a commuter train on her way to school. .