Decatur County, IN — A Greensburg man is dead after he was struck by a train in the area of the 900 block of East State Road 46 Friday afternoon.
The Decatur County Sheriff’s Office says the county’s Central Dispatch received a call around 3:21 pm about a man who had been hit by a train.
The man, who was identified as 53-year-old Thomas M. Wellman, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators say Wellman was walking east on the railroad tracks and the train was behind him, also in an eastbound direction.
Sheriff’s deputies were assisted by the Greensburg Police Department, the Decatur County Coroner’s Office, the Greensburg Fire Department and Decatur County Central Dispatch.