Driver killed when freight train hits car in Northwest Indiana
EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (CBS) -- A driver was killed Monday afternoon when a freight train slammed into a car in East Chicago, Indiana.
At 3:08 p.m., the driver went around lowered crossing gates as a train was coming near Euclid and Chicago avenues, according to CSX officials.
A CSX freight train slammed into the car, and the driver of the car was killed.
No one else was injured.
CSX is working with local police to investigate.
