ANDERSON, Ind. — Police in Anderson are investigating after a man was struck and killed by a train Wednesday afternoon.
It happened just before 5 p.m. at a CSX Railroad crossing near the 3800 block of Raible Avenue.
Officers responding to a report of an accident found the deceased victim on the tracks between 38th and 53rd streets.
According to our partners at the Herald Bulletin, the Madison County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 64-year-old Barry Baker of Alexandria.
A Silver Alert had been issued for Baker Wednesday night, noting that he was last seen in Anderson on Tuesday.
Baker's son, Shawn, told the Herald Bulletin his father suffered from dementia and was released from jail Tuesday, but his family was not notified.
"My dad was harmless, nothing but a big Teddy Bear," Shawn Baker said, adding that he had notified the jail of his father's dementia.
According to the newspaper and court records, Baker was arrested Monday for failure to appear in court on a misdemeanor trespassing charge in January. He was released from jail Tuesday.
The Silver Alert was canceled later Wednesday night, but no reason for the cancellation was given at the time.
An Anderson Police crash investigation team responded but have since turned over the case to railroad police and the coroner's office.
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