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Arrest Follows Train Collision with Trailer

(Michigan City, IN) - An arrest was made following a collision between an Amtrak train and the trailer of a landscaping truck in Michigan City.

 

According to police, the crash happened Tuesday afternoon at U.S 12 and Old Grand Beach Road on the city’s far northeast side.

 

The driver was at a stop sign waiting to turn on U.S. 12, but the trailer he was pulling came to rest on the tracks.  Police said the crossing arms came down and the fast moving train plowed into the trailer.

 

Fortunately, there were no injuries.

 

Police said the driver of the landscaping truck, Rodolfo Sanchez-Pacheco, 48, of New Buffalo, was arrested for not receiving a driver’s license.

 

The train was temporarily disabled from the crash.  

 

Police said flying debris from the crash damaged a second vehicle at the crossing.

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