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A 66-year old Dyer man has been medi-vac'd to an area hospital with injuries received when his car went into the path of a train in an unincorporated area near Dyer. Sgt. Patricia Van Til, Public Information Officer of the Lake County Sheriff's Department says a C-S-X train was heading north, at the 77^th and Calumet Avenue crossing in Dyer, and while that crossing has no gates, Van Til says crossing lights were flashing and the train's horn was blaring, when an eastbound red, P-T Crusier, with one male occupant drove into the path of the train. Sgt. Van Til says officers cleared the area around 3 pm this afternoon but traffic tipsters reported that a train was still blocking the crossings at 77th and 81st around three-fifteen. The accident remains under investigation.

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