On January 23, 1972, Anthony Campbell of Scottsburg was killed when the car he was driving left State Road 56 as it approached a railroad overpass and sailed about 50 feet through the air, landing on the tracks below. At the time police reported that the car may have been traveling at a high rate of speed when it veered off the road. The impact of the automobile damaged the track, causing the derailment which followed.

Newspaper article January 27, 1972

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