Update at 4:30 p.m. MATTOON, Ill. (WCIA) — The Mattoon Police Department and the Coles County Coroner have released additional details about Thursday’s train vs. pedestrian collision in ...

Mattoon Police Chief Sam Gaines said the 17-year-old female was struck by a northbound Canadian National Railway train at 8:45 a.m. near Piatt Avenue, next to the former Brown Shoe Co. factory.

MATTOON, Ill. (WCIA) — A recent high school graduate was killed by a train on Thursday, which is the sixth death involving a train in the last 30 days in Central Illinois. It happened on North ...

MATTOON, Ill. (WAND) - An investigation is underway after a 17-year-old girl was hit and killed by a train in Mattoon Thursday morning.

Mattoon school bus drivers and local firefighters held the training session in preparation for classes resuming on Aug. 16 this year.