Sunday, January 11, 2015

WOMAN INJURED IN CAR, TRAIN CRASH IN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, INDIANA



WOMAN INJURED IN CAR, TRAIN CRASH IN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, INDIANA

Posted: Saturday, January 10, 2015 7:48 pm 

THE GOSHEN NEWS 

A Leesburg woman was seriously injured when her vehicle collided with a train Friday in Kosciusko County.

Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a call at 4:32 p.m. Friday of a train-car crash near the intersection of C.R. 600 North and Old Ind. 15.

Responders located a female, identified as Lorraine J. Amerkanos, 58, trapped inside her vehicle. Amerkanos was extricated and transported to Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, in serious condition with multiple injuries.

Kosciusko County police stated that a preliminary investigation of the crash has determined that Amerkanos was eastbound on C.R. 600 North, approaching the Norfolk Southern railroad crossing. According to witness statements, she failed to look for the northbound freight train, and pulled directly into its path, police said.

The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department was also assisted at the scene by the Leesburg/Plain Township Fire Department.

Crash reports
• A man was injured in a one-vehicle crash on Ind. 3 east of LaGrange Friday.
According to LaGrange County police, a 1991 Chevrolet S10, driven by David Eash, was driving southbound on Ind. 3 when the truck hit a patch of ice in the roadway and Eash lost control of his vehicle and struck a tree.

Eash was transported to Parkview Noble hospital with an injury to his arm, police said.