Truck driver dead after train accident Saturday morning
A 43-year-old man who was driving a cement truck was killed in a crash involving a train Saturday morning in Kansas City, Kansas, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
Police were called to investigate the crash in the 7200 block of Kaw Drive just before 10 a.m.
At the time of the incident, the cement truck was traveling west on Kaw Drive, also known as Kansas 32. According to the highway patrol’s online crash log, the truck turned south onto a private drive and then struck the front of a westbound Union Pacific train.
The truck driver died at the scene. The victim has been identified by the highway patrol as Gustavo Hernandez, a Kansas City, Kansas, resident.
The crash remains under investigation.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department assisted at the scene.
This story was originally published October 5, 2019 at 11:07 AM.
