VALPARAISO — More than five years after their husbands were killed in a train crash, three widows have reached a settlement that will award them millions of dollars in damages. Attorneys for the wives of the three men killed in the 4:31 a.m. June 18, 1998, South Shore passenger train collision with a steel coil-hauling truck at the Midwest Steel entrance off U.S. 12 in Portage reached a settlement with the nine defendants in last-minute negotiations Wednesday morning.
Posted by Editor at October 9, 2003 10:42 AM