Suicide by Train

A gruesome path chosen:

• Embattled Metra Executive Director Phil Pagano, under investigation by his own agency for financial issues, stood in front of a Metra train and was killed this morning in an apparent suicide attempt, officials said.

  McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren said Pagano left a letter "indicating his intentions" before going onto the tracks near Crystal Lake just after 8 a.m.

  "This was an intentional act on his part," Nygren said.

So it probably shouldn't have been called an "attempt."

In any event, we always thought Metra was one of the better run transportation companies. If this guy is committing seppuku over $56,000, one has to wonder what is about to be revealed in the coming days.