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A 22-year-old budding journalist was killed last month after being struck by a train in Chicago, leading her parents to call for increased safety around the station where the incident took place. Grace Bentkowski, 22, who had worked for several months as a creative producer at NewsNation, was killed on July 25 at the Hegewisch South Shore station while heading back to the family home in Dyer, Indiana, according to WGN-TV. At the station, riders must cross the tracks to go and from the parking lot. On the day of her death, her family said Bentkowski crossed after others had done so, but was str…

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