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WKEF-TV ABC 22 News :: News - Top Stories - One Person Killed, Two Injured After being Hit by Train
Friday, November 9 2012, 07:43 PM EST
One Person Killed, Two Injured After being Hit by Train
RICHMOND, INDIANA -- An entire college campus is mourning the loss of one of it's own after a fatal train accident. A train struck three students around 1:15 a.m. Friday at Earlham college in Richmond, Indiana killing one and seriously injuring the other two. Prayer circles and hugs filled campus Friday as the students faculty and community learn about the tragedy that struck Earlham College.

"I was in my Old Testment class this morning in my professor told us what happened," said grad student Nick Patler who walked over from Bethany Theological Seminary, an adjacent campus to Earlham.

Senior Therese Heymann was killed instantly. Medics airlifted Senior Graham Nissen (upgraded to good condition) and sophomore Lenore Edwards (critical condition) to Miami Valley Hospital. Now the campus of 1200 students is in mourning.

"It's such a small tight knit community and interwoven. we share a lot of the same professors and resources and space and we see each other on a daily basis," said Patler.

"It's hard to be at Earlham and not know just about everyone so we made sure they had all the resources of student development of religious life of counseling services so we can make sure they were well attended to," said Mark Blackmon, Earlham's public relations person.

The railroad crossing where the students were hit is a couple miles away from Earlham College but its right next to downtown Richmond. Still, police are early in their investigation and have not said whether or not alcohol was a factor. Meanwhile, Earlham's President canceled all classes Friday and any activities over the weekend to give to students time to grieve.

"You have to stop you have to reflect but then you have to get up again you have to start doing classes will continue we will continue to go on as best as we can remembering these people," said Blackmon.

But in the meantime, they will hold hands, close their eyes and pray.

"Because we're such a tight knit community we felt the impact right away so we join in solidarity in prayer and silence," said Patler.

"That's the best that we can hope for moving forward that we hold them in the light and the entire world hold Earlham community in the light as we move forward," said Blackmon.One Person Killed, Two Injured After being Hit by Train

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