MCCORDSVILLE, Ind. — Hancock County sheriff's deputies are investigating a crash Wednesday morning involving a train and a car.
Deputies said the crash happened around 7:20 a.m. near the intersection of State Road 67 and North 400 West, near McCordsville.
According to a preliminary investigation, 44-year-old Jasmina Poluciano, of Fortville, was driving south on North 400 West to her 16- and 17-year-old kids to school when the car stopped on the train tracks due to stopped traffic in front of them.
According to deputies, Poluciano's car did not have anywhere to exit the tracks before an eastbound train arrived, so Poluciano and her teenagers got out of the vehicle just before the train hit the car.
Deputies said the train pushed the car off the tracks and hit Poluciano but did not hit the teenagers.
According to deputies, Poluciano was unconscious after the car hit her, but she was breathing on her own and said to be in stable condition when she was taken to St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis.
Both kids were checked out at the scene and are said to be OK.
Deputies said drugs and alcohol are not believed to be factors in the crash.
All roads near the crash were back open around 10:15 a.m.
According to deputies, the intersection of State Road 67 and North 400 West only has room for approximately one vehicle to be between the train tracks and State Road 67. Deputies said another vehicle was already in that space, waiting to turn onto State Road 67 but could not turn due to heavy traffic.
The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office is reminding drivers not to pull onto train tracks until there is enough room to completely cross the tracks.
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