Police enforcement will be added to railroad crossings in the Bonner Springs area after an increase in motorists ignoring railroad crossing signs was noticed. The Officer on a Train Program was used by the Union Pacific Railroad as well as the Union Pacific Crossing Accident Reduction, Education and Safety. The purpose of the officer on [...]
One person was killed and another injured after a car and train accident occurred in Independence. According to local police, the accident occurred as a Ford Escort drove around a train's crossing gate just after 1 a.m. and was struck by a Union Pacific train. The collision caused the car to be pushed several hundred [...]
One person was injured after being involved in a railroad accident when their vehicle and a train collided. According to Kansas officials, the accident occurred when a driver disregarded the crossing arms at a railroad crossing and was struck by the Kansas City Southern Railroad car. The woman driving the car was taken to a [...]
A northeast Kansas man was killed after he was struck by a train while crossing the street. According to police, the accident occurred at 11:30 p.m. as the man walked down Main Street in Osawatomie. The 42-year-old man was has identified in the crash. No additional details into the accident have been released at this [...]
A man was killed in Missouri railroad accident when he was struck by a vehicle while walking on the tracks. The accident occurred at 2:30 p.m. when the man was walking near the tracks and was struck by a maintenance vehicle. The incident took place just west of Jefferson Avenue. Witnesses to the crash said [...]
Two people were killed after their vehicle was struck by a train in Butler County. After the collision, the car ended up just a half a mile short of another crossing. The train was carrying ethanol when it struck the car near Price Road. Witnesses saw the accident occur and ran out of their vehicle [...]
A train and truck accident in the rural Carl Junction area in Missouri occurred a few days before the Christmas holiday. The accident occurred as a truck rig was hauling four ski boats and was struck by a freight train after the trailer bottomed out on the railroad and was unable to move. The collision [...]
Kansas City police are currently investigating a train accident that left one man dead in Kansas City on Sunday. The train conductor saw the man laying on the train tracks and he appeared to be sleeping. The conductor said that by the time he spotted the man, there was not enough time to stop. The [...]