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Teen boy struck, killed by freight train in Gary

Updated: September 13, 2013 12:14AM



An eastbound Norfolk Southern train struck and killed a 15-year-old boy Wednesday in Gary, officials said.

Diquan Thomas, of Gary, and a 17-year-old friend were walking north near the tracks and both tried to cross in front of the oncoming train, witnesses said. The older teen made it across successfully but Thomas was hit by the train about 5 p.m. as it neared Delaware Street and he was thrown several feet.

Thomas, a freshman at Lew Wallace High School, was rushed to the Methodist Hospitals Northlake Campus in serious condition, police said. He was pronounced dead in the emergency room of blunt force trauma at 6:05 p.m.

The train was stopped near Georgia Street at 42nd Avenue while police processed the scene.

Railroad police were investigating.





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