HANCOCK COUNTY – A mother was taken to the hospital Wednesday after a train crashed into her car while she and her two children were stopped on the tracks near McCordsville. The incident happened shortly before 7:30 a.m. near County Road 400 West and State Road 67.
According to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) a 44-year-old Fortville woman and her two children — ages 17 and 16 — were headed southbound on C.R. 400 W. towards S.R. 67 in a 2018 Mercedes. Her car ended up on the railroad tracks because of stopped traffic in front of her; she didn’t have room or time to get off the tracks when the train arrived, the sheriff’s office explained. The mother and her kids escaped the car just before the train smashed into it.
The train smashed into the Mercedes and sent the car off the tracks and into the mother, who was still close to the tracks, said HCSO. Her children were far enough away that they were not struck.
The mother was knocked unconscious by the impact and taken to Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. The sheriff’s office noted that she was breathing on her own and appeared in stable condition.
Drugs and alcohol are not suspected to have been a factor, authorities noted.
