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Monday, April 21, 2014

An Indianapolis woman is dead after a train hit a car Tuesday night at a McCordsville railroad crossing.

The crash occurred after 9:30 p.m. when a northeast bound train struck a car that had been headed northbound on Hancock County Road 700 West, said Assistant Chief Paul Casey of the McCordsville Police Department.

The car contained only the driver, later identified as Evelyn Wasson, Casey said. Police do not know whether the car was moving or stopped atop the tracks at the time it was hit, Casey said.

Date: 
Monday, April 21, 2014
Two people were killed in a crash near 96th Street and Zionsville Road Tuesday afternoon. The crash happened around 1 p.m. Zionsville police say a Ford Explorer lost its right rear wheel due to lug nuts not being tightened, crossed the center line and struck another vehicle head-on. Police identified the victims as 30-year-old Mika Baird and 31-year-old Lesley Martinez, both of Indianapolis. The driver of the Chevy was not hurt. Investigators say everyone was wearing their seat belts.