TEXARKANA, Ark. - Police say a 64-year-old man died when his pickup truck was struck by a train Tuesday after he attempted to drive around crossing gates at a railroad crossing.
Police identified the man as Earl Sterling of Genoa.
Horns on the train and signals at the crossing were all working, according to the Arkansas State Police.
No one on the train was injured.
Rescue workers used the jaws of life to remove Sterling from his truck. He was pronounced dead at St. Michael Hospital of Texarkana.
(Published by The Times, Shreveport, Louisiana, Wednesday, October 20, 1993)(Newspapers.com)
TEXARKANA, Ark. - Police say a 64-year-old man died when his pickup truck was struck by a train Tuesday after he attempted to drive around crossing gates at a railroad crossing.
Police identified the man as Earl Sterling of Genoa.
Horns on the train and signals at the crossing were all working, according to the Arkansas State Police.
No one on the train was injured.
Rescue workers used the jaws of life to remove Sterling from his truck. He was pronounced dead at St. Michael Hospital of Texarkana.
(Published by The Times, Shreveport, Louisiana, Wednesday, October 20, 1993)(Newspapers.com)
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