88-year-old man dead after pick-up truck is struck by train
Posted: Oct 28, 2024 11:14 AM EST
MARSHALL COUNTY, Ind. -- The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department reports deputies responded to a report of a pick-up truck struck by a train in the area S.R. 331 and Illion Street around 10:14 a.m. on Saturday.
Authorities say the investigation determined a white Ford F-150, driven by 88-year-old Maurice Horn of Rochester, was traveling south on S.R. 331.
Deputies say Horn then drove around railroad crossing arms and was struck by a Norfolk Southern train traveling east.
Horn was pronounced dead at the scene.