Teen girls injured in car-train crash on east side - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

Teen girls injured in car-train crash on east side

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INDIANAPOLIS -

Two teenage girls were injured in a crash involving a train on the near east side Tuesday night.

Police tell Eyewitness News the car the girls were in was inside a closed railroad crossing gate at Rural Street and Massachusetts Avenue just before midnight. The 18-year-old driver tried to back out of the gates, but was struck on the driver's side by an oncoming train.

The driver suffered minor injuries, while her passenger, a 15-year-old girl, was taken by ambulance to an Indianapolis hospital. The extent of her injuries are not known at this time.

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