Ind. boy, 3, dead, sister critical after being hit by train

A 3-year-old boy was killed and his 2-yearold sister was critically injured when they were hit by a freight train Tuesday morning in northwest Indiana.

The crash happened about 9:30 a.m. on the CSX railroad tracks south of the Woodland Village Mobile Home Park in the 5700 block of U.S. 20 in Portage, Indiana, according to Portage Police Chief Troy Williams.

The toddlers may have sneaked out of their home in the mobile home park through a screen door, Williams said. The train’s conductor told investigators he blew the horn and tried to brake when he saw the children on the tracks but was unable to stop before the train hit them. The boy was dead when emergency crews arrived, according to Williams.

The Porter County coroner’s office identified him as Caleb Wilson. Paramedics tended to the girl until the University of Chicago Aeromedical Network flew her to Comer Children’s Hospital, where she was in critical condition, Williams said.

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Man killed, teen wounded in W. Pullman

A man was shot to death and a boy was critically wounded Tuesday evening in a West Pullman neighborhood shooting, according to Chicago Police. Both were taken by family or friends to Roseland Hospital about 6:45 p.m. in the 100 block of East 124th Street, police said. A 28-year-old man struck in the torso died, police said. A 16-year-old boy was in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the right thigh, police said.

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Officers injured in N. Side chase

Five Chicago police officers were injured Tuesday afternoon while chasing a driver who struck a bicyclist on the Near North Side. The driver of a 2006 Mazda SUV struck the cyclist about 2:35 p.m. near North Avenue and Clark Street, according to police.

Police followed the Mazda, which fled north on Lake Shore Drive. On Lake Shore, the driver of the Mazda slowed down and backed up into a pursuing police vehicle, police said. He kept going north and struck another police vehicle at Lake Shore and Recreation drives, then hit another squad car at Clark and Rosemont, police said.

Five officers and the cyclist were taken to hospitals with minor injuries. The driver was eventually caught.

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