GREENSBURG, Ind. — A Decatur County man was killed in a train accident Monday. The Indiana State Police (ISP) responded to the crash scene, just east of Greensburg.
The initial investigation by ISP crash reconstructionists indicated that at about 12:30 p.m., a car being driven by Charles A. Papenhaus, 78, of Greensburg, turned southbound onto County Road 200E from State Road 46. The driver’s side of Papenhaus’ vehicle was then struck by a westbound Indiana and Ohio Railway Train that was crossing County Road 200E.
Papenhaus sustained fatal injuries in the collision and was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Decatur County Coroner’s Office. Neither of the two occupants of the train were injured in the wreck.
The crash remains under investigation by state police.
