ULLIN, Ill. (AP) — Police say two men were killed when a pickup truck pulled directly into the path of a train in far southern Illinois Tuesday morning.
Illinois State Police say the truck’s driver had turned onto a private lane in Pulaski County just the vehicle drove onto a rail crossing and into the path of a northbound Canadian National Railway train.
The train slammed into the truck, pushing it about a half-mile before stopping.
The Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale reports the 76-year-old man who was driving the truck was killed along with his passenger, a 74-year-old man.
The collision occurred about 20 miles east of Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
