Armed Robbery Suspect In Custody After Freight Train Hits Stolen Vehicle In Unincorporated Zion
CHICAGO (CBS)-- Police arrested a man wanted in an armed robbery in Wisconsin after a freight train hit a stolen vehicle in Unincorporated Zion Thursday.
According to the Lake County Sheriff's Office, shots were fired during an armed robbery at a store in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin just after midnight. Officials said the two suspects fled in the store clerk's vehicle.
Police confirmed the same stolen vehicle was hit by a freight train between Route 173 and 9th Street in Unincorporated Zion just before 4 a.m. The car was not at a railroad crossing and was pushed by the train for about a mile, police said. Nobody was inside the car.
One of the suspects was taken into custody.
Police said the second suspect is no longer believed to be in the area, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
Anyone with information is asked to call police.
The investigation is ungoing.