Victims of truck-train crash identified

ULLIN, Ill. (WJPF) — The names of the two people killed Tuesday in a truck-train crash in Pulaski County have been released.

FILE – A Canadian National freight train near Carbondale, Ill. | D. Mitchell Schultheis

Illinois State Police say Lanny Stocke, 76, and Betty Stocke, 74, both of Carmi died at the scene.

Investigators say the driver, Lanny Stocke, pulled directly into the path of a northbound freight train.

The crash remains under investigation.

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