One man is fighting for his life after a pickup and train collided north of Amoret over the weekend.
The Missouri
State Highway Patrol indicates that around 1:35 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9,
emergency crews were called to the area of NW 3002 Rd. and Route Y, about a
mile north of Amoret, with reports of a train collision.
When first
responders arrived, they said they found a 41-year-old Amoret man had been
driving his 2001 Dodge Dakota west on the roadway as he came across a railroad
crossing. However, a 2014 Electromotive Diesel locomotive conducted by a
37-year-old Pittsburg man had been making its way down the track.
State
Troopers said the driver of the pickup failed to yield to the train and
attempted to continue through the crossing but was struck. Both vehicles came
to a complete stop about one mile south of the crash scene.
Emergency
crews said the pickup’s driver, who was not wearing a seatbelt at the time, was
taken to Overland Park Regional Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
The truck was totaled in the collision.
Law
enforcement officials noted that the locomotive’s conductor was unharmed in the
collision. No further information has been released.
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