Three people were injured in a car vs. train accident in Starke County just after 3 p.m. on Thursday.
According to Starke County Sheriff Bill Dulin, the driver of a minivan reportedly failed to yield to the right of way of a westbound CF&E train on 1100 East just south of U.S. 30. When officers arrived at the scene they found the minivan on the north side of the railroad tracks in a deep ditch.
Police say the driver, 43-year-old Princess Robinson, was out of the vehicle and walking around while passenger Billie Beeman, 45, was ejected from the vehicle and laying near the railroad tracks. Another passenger, Richard Robinson, 51, was trapped in the vehicle. The passengers were airlifted from the scene to Memorial Hospital in South Bend with serious injuries. The driver was treated and released from the Starke Hospital.
The Starke County Sheriff’s Department was assisted at the scene by responders from Starke County EMS, Hamlet Fire Department, Koontz Lake Fire Department, Hamlet Police Department, Lutheran Air, Samaritan Air and railroad officials.
