CLAYPOOL – A Claypool man was flown to a Fort Wayne hospital with moderate injuries Thursday afternoon after his tractor collided with a train.
According to information provided by the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office, at 4:21 p.m. Thursday a tractor, driven by Michael Wayne Johnson, 61, Claypool, was traveling west and did not stop for the train. The train was traveling south and collided with the tractor at a track speed of 55 mph.
There was minor damage to the train, but the tractor got split in half and Johnson was ejected. He was flown to Fort Wayne with moderate injuries…