On 12/27/25, at approximately 2:46 p.m, Mt. Carmel Police responded to a pedestrian versus train accident at the 3rd and Poplar Street railroad crossing. Officers, along with responders from the Mt. Carmel Fire Department and the Wabash General Ambulance Service arrived on scene to find a white male subject deceased from the impact. According to witnesses, the male subject was walking south on the tracks when the incident occurred, just south of this crossing. The Wabash County Coroner’s Office was contacted and began a death investigation along with MCPD. The male was later identified as a 35 year old individual, whose identity will be released pending notification to his family. The Wabash County Coroner’s Office will release further information on Sunday. MCPD was also assisted by the Wabash Emergency Management Agency and the Illinois State Police. No further information will be released at this time.
