Man fatally injured in Randolph County truck-train crash

Douglas Walker, Muncie Star Press
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WINCHESTER, Ind. — An Ohio man was fatally injured Saturday in a car-train crash in eastern Randolph County.

According to Randolph County Sheriff Art Moystner, a Ford F-150 pickup truck driven by Tristen M. Fullenkamp, 26, was stopped at a crossing on County Road 400-E, north of County Road 100-N, waiting for an eastbound train to pass.

An Ohio man was fatally injured on Saturday, Sept. 9, after his pickup truck was struck by a train at a crossing in eastern Randolph County.
An Ohio man was fatally injured on Saturday, Sept. 9, after his pickup truck was struck by a train at a crossing in eastern Randolph County.

After the eastbound train passed, Moystner said, Fullenkamp, traveling southbound, crossed the tracks and was hit by a westbound train.

His pickup truck was then pushed to the west by that train for about three-quarters of a mile.

Fullenkamp — of St. Henry, Ohio, in Mercer County about 20 miles east of Portland, Indiana — was extricated from his vehicle and was taken by ambulance to Reid Hospital in Richmond, where he was pronounced dead.

The accident — reported to emergency dispatchers about 8:10 a.m. — remains under investigation, the sheriff said.

In addition to sheriff's deputies, Winchester and White River firefighters, Winchester police and Randolph County EMS also responded to the scene.

Douglas Walker is a news reporter at The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com.

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