In Indiana, two small children ran away from home - it all ended in tragedy

A 3-year-old boy died instantly and his 2-year-old sister was critically injured after the children were hit by a train in Portage, Indiana. The kids escaped through a hole in the home's exterior screen door while three adults - a mother, grandfather and his brother - were doing housework.

According to relatives, the children got out of the house on Tuesday morning. Mom, Kelsey Benson, was washing clothes at this time, writes New York Post. When the family realized that the children had disappeared, the adults panicked and immediately went in search, separated.

"She came up and said, 'Daddy, there are no kids,'" said Bryon Benson, the children's grandfather. “I grabbed my shoes and walked in one direction, my brother in the other, and my daughter in the third.”

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But the family did not think that the children could go to the side of the railway, located just four houses from their home: the children never played there, the grandfather said.

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The freight train driver told the officials that he had seen the children, but was not able to quickly stop the train in order to avoid a collision. The boy died on impact, and the girl suffered serious head injuries and was taken by helicopter to the children's hospital at the University of Chicago in serious condition.

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“I can’t imagine how they even left. With three adults who don’t take drugs, don’t drink, and are of sound mind,” Bryon admitted to reporters. — Kelsey is a good mom. She has been and continues to be like that from day one.”

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