A train has collided with a box truck on County Road 650 South, east of U.S. 31, in southern Johnson County.
At 8:26 a.m., the driver of the box truck, Jacob Adam Murdick, 24, of Middletown, ran a stop sign and attempted to beat the train, but failed. The northbound train struck the back of the box truck, according to a news release from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.
Murdick was transported to Johnson Memorial Health by ambulance, according to the news release.
The road is closed, Sheriff Duane Burgess said.
The sheriff’s office, Indiana State Police, Edinburgh Fire Department and Seals Ambulance Service responded, the news release said.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
