Man injured in truck train accident near Le Mars
June 17th, 2021 by Ric Hanson
(Radio Iowa) – One person was injured in a truck-train accident in northwest Iowa. A semi with a gravel dump trailer collided with a Burlington Northern-Sante Fe train at about 1:15 p-m today (Thursday) at a crossing about three miles west of Le Mars. The semi was coming down a hill heading eastbound and the train was going northbound.
The driver was airlifted to a Sioux City hospital in serious condition. The Plymouth County Sheriff says the crossing signals were working at the time of the accident.