RAIL

26 June 2021: East Chicago, Indiana

Two adults and a child were killed and three other children were injured when their vehicle was hit by a train. The incident occurred at a railroad crossing in East Chicago, Indiana, Saturday morning, June 26. A surveillance video proved the caution signals were working and the gates were down at the time the vehicle was struck. The vehicle, a Honda Odyssey minivan, went around the gate and into the path of the train, according to a the East Chicago Police Department.