By David Slone
Times-Union
WARSAW — A Warsaw man was killed late Thursday night after lying on the railroad tracks and getting hit by a train.
According to a news release from the Warsaw Police Department, the incident occurred at about 11:50 p.m. Thursday, July 2 on the east-west railroad tracks, east of Argonne Road.
Emergency personnel were dispatched to the tracks shortly before midnight.
The preliminary investigation indicates that Gabriel Dave De La Cruz, 43 was lying on the tracks as an eastbound train approached. Railroad personnel attempted to alert De La Cruz, but he did not move from the tracks and was hit by the train.
De La Cruz died from his injuries, according to Kosciusko County Coroner Tyler Huffer.
The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office Fatal Team was requested to assist with the investigation, the release states.
