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1 dead after train hits car in Madison County

Police said the crash happened Monday afternoon in Orestes.
Credit: WTHR

MADISON COUNTY, INDIANA, Ind. — A man is dead after his car was hit by a train Monday afternoon in Madison County. 

The Madison County Sheriff’s Department said the crash happened around 3:30 p.m. near Superior and Oak Street in Orestes, west of Alexandria. 

Police said the eastbound Norfolk Southern train hit the car on the driver’s side. 

Police said a 31-year-old man from Anderson died in the crash. 

The man’s name has not been released pending family notification.

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