OKEMOS, MI – A vehicle was struck by railroad maintenance equipment after a driver disregarded a crossing gate. According to the Meridian Township Police Department, the incident occurred at the ...
It appears the train may have also been damaged in the crash. Five people have been killed after a train hit their vehicle when the driver allegedly went around the crossing gate, authorities said.
The crossing gates were lowered at a Gary railroad track when a vehicle drove around it and was hit by a commuter train and killed five people, representatives from the South Shore Line confirmed.