The South Shore Line train collided with a dump truck early Monday morning in Gary, sending two passengers and a train employee to the hospital.
According to Mike Noland, president of South Shore Line, the truck driver reported that his vehicle stalled on the train tracks and that he exited the truck before the collision occurred. The driver of the dump truck did not sustain serious injuries, according to the Gary Police Department.
The train was traveling westbound towards Chicago when it collided with a dump truck near the intersection of 3rd and Rutledge in Gary’s Ambridge-Mann neighborhood. The crash caused nearly a one-hour delay for South Shore Line commuters.
“All SSL trains are stopped due to a collision with a dump truck that went around the crossing gates near Gary Metro Center Station,” the South Shore Line reported on its website at 8:38 a.m. By 9:40 a.m., the trains were moving again, but delays of up to one hour were expected.
The Gary Police Department, Gary Fire Department, and the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) responded to the incident.
“It sounded like a car crash,” said a resident who lived near the scene.
Last year, more than 1.5 million people rode the South Shore Line, which travels from Downtown Chicago to South Bend, Indiana, with several stops in Northwest Indiana and Gary.
This story has been updated.
