Train Accident In Knox Saturday Caused Four-Hour Road Closures

A train accident in Knox over the weekend brought traffic to a halt, as U.S. 35 and other streets were closed for nearly four hours while the wreckage was cleared. Fortunately, no injuries were reported; the train crashed into an unmanned service truck on the rails at around 9:15 a.m.

The Starke County Sheriff’s Department said a Norfolk Southern service truck was performing maintenance on the tracks Saturday morning when a train rolled through, and a miscommunication caused the train to crash into the truck. Luckily, the repairman was outside the vehicle making track repairs when the accident occurred.

The service truck was parked on a set of parallel tracks at the time of the accident.

First responders were able to clear the wreckage from the tracks at approximately 1 p.m., opening East Division Street, U.S. 35, and North 300 East.