The Christian County Sheriff’s Office along with the Stonington Police Department investigated after people reported someone walking down tracks heading south out of Stonington. The incident took place last Wednesday when Stonington police saw an unidentified 18-year-old who started running.  Police asked to search his backpack and found some residue. The man took off running down the track when a train was coming. 

According to Sheriff Bruce Kettelkamp the train coming through thought that they had hit something. After reviewing the tape they realized that the kid had taken off in the corn field.  After an extensive search around the train and in the corn field, A drone from the Taylorville Fire Department, ISP, and Norfolk Southern Police finally tracked down the man and took him to a hospital to have him checked out.