A Greenwood woman died when a train struck her car late Tuesday night in New Whiteland.
Shauna Brooklynn Synesael, 20, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a Johnson County Sheriff’s Office news release.
Just before 11 p.m. Tuesday, Synesael was traveling east on Tracy Road between U.S. 31 and Emerson Avenue where she crossed into the path of a northbound CSX train, the report said. She was driving a small Nissan Versa.
The railroad crossing has stop signs for both eastbound and westbound traffic.
The train came to a stop about 1,500 feet north of Tracy Road, according to the report.
Both Tracy Road and Main Street were closed for several hours due to the train blocking traffic both ways, the report said. They were reopened Wednesday morning.
The sheriff’s office, Whiteland Police Department, New Whiteland Police Department, Whiteland Fire Department and Wayne Township Fire Department responded to the crash. CSX supervisors were also on scene, the report said.
