Train Hits SUV Killing 3 Mich. Sisters, Mom
WATERLOO, Ind. (AP) - Three Michigan sisters and their mother died when their SUV veered down an Interstate 69 bridge embankment in northeastern Indiana and into the path of an oncoming freight train. An infant was injured.
The DeKalb County Sheriff's Department says Sunday's crash killed 45-year-old Barbara Pierson, 19-year-old twins Bessie and Margaret and 14-year-old Elizabeth. All were from Howell, 45 miles northwest of Detroit.
Margaret Pierson's 9-month-old son was in an infant seat. He had a broken leg and other injuries but was in good condition Monday.
Police say the SUV went into a median and down the embankment, landing upside down on tracks near Waterloo, about 25 miles north of Fort Wayne. The train then pushed the vehicle about 2,000 feet.
Police say they don't know why the SUV crashed.
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