Pickup struck my BNSF train west of Cyr Exit off I-90
Kathleen Woodford Mineral Independent | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 6 years, 9 months AGO
A pickup truck was struck by a train just west of the Cyr Exit on Tuesday morning, Feb. 19. The incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. at the railroad crossing off Daigle Lane. (Photo courtesy of Montana Highway Patrol)
A pickup truck was struck by a train just west of the Cyr Exit on Tuesday morning, Feb. 19. The incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. at the railroad crossing off Daigle Lane. An unidentified male was driving a white pickup truck when he was struck dead center and dragged a half a mile down the tracks by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe locomotive.
Montana Highway Trooper Jourdon Gulick was one of the first to respond to the scene and said the man was partially conscious when crews cut him loose from his seatbelt. He was transported to a hospital in Missoula by the ambulance.
The vehicle was struck while the man was driving out of the small subdivision on the west side of the tracks. Gulick said the crash is still under investigation, and it is unknown as to whether the man got stuck on the tracks or didn’t see the train approaching. Crews were still working to get the truck off the tracks at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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