BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY, IN. (THECOUNT) — Brandon Hendershot, of Columbus, Indiana, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Wednesday afternoon dump truck collision with a train in Bartholomew County.
Hendershot, 26, was killed after his City dump truck was involved in a collision with a train Wednesday afternoon.
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According to reports, Hendershot, a Columbus City Utilities worker, was operating a dump truck on IN-11 near U.S. 31, when the vehicle was struck by a passing train around 12:40 p.m. Wednesday.
Hendershot was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries.
The cause of the deadly incident remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Bartholomew County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2018, the population was 82,753. The county seat is Columbus. The county was determined by the U.S. Census Bureau to include the mean center of U.S. population in 1900 – Wikipedia.