Wabash County Coroner Shaun Keepes identified the individual killed in a train-pedestrian incident at the railroad crossing near 3rd Street and Poplar Street as Nicholas Ted Esten Lamar, 35, of Mount Carmel.
The incident occurred just before 3 p.m. on Dec. 27.
The Wabash County Coroner’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Mount Carmel Police Department, Wabash Emergency Management Agency, Mount Carmel Fire Department, and the Illinois State Police.
The incident remains under investigation.
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