Kansas

Kansas man killed when his car hit by Amtrak train

GARDEN CITY – A Garden City man died when his car slid on icy roads in southwest Kansas and was hit by an Amtrak train.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says 45-year-old Lanh Tranh died in the accident early Monday.

He was driving west on Highway 50 about three miles east of Cimarron, in Gray County, when his car slid and stopped at a railroad crossing and was hit by the Amtrak passenger train.

The patrol says no one on the train was injured.

This story was originally published February 16, 2015 at 10:24 AM with the headline "Kansas man killed when his car hit by Amtrak train."

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