The La Porte County Sheriff’s Department is conducting a death investigation that occurred Wednesday, February 7.
Police say deputies were summoned to the Canadian National Railroad Crossing on State Road 39 in rural Noble Township at 11:38 p.m. CT as there was a reported train and pedestrian accident.
An investigation found that a Canadian National freight train was traveling east between Long Lane and State Road 39 when the two-person crew advised seeing an object on the tracks some distance ahead, according to the report. Police say as the train engine approached closer, the crew was able to determine the object was, in fact, a person.
The crew exhausted all options to stop the train, but the train collided with the pedestrian just of the State Road 39 crossing.
The pedestrian has been identified and family members have been notified. The decedent was not identified in the report.
The La Porte County Sheriff’s Department was assisted at the scene by the La Porte County Coroner’s Office, Noble Township Volunteer Fire Department, and La Porte County EMS.
