One person is dead after a pickup hit a train Friday night at a railroad crossing on County Road 154 north of Interstate 80 east of Cheyenne, the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office reports.
Video obtained by Cowboy State Daily on Monday shows the aftermath of the deadly collision in Laramie County.
The short video taken from a car approaching the scene in the dark shows the train stopped on the tracks across a road with more than a half dozen emergency vehicle with lights flashing.
The focus of the attention seems to be the middle of the intersection with the tracks and stopped train.
The sole occupant of the truck was killed, the LCSO reports.
Further details regarding the identity of the driver and whether the train was accidentally or intentionally struck were not immediately available from the sheriff’s office.
Hit The Side Of The Train
Laramie County resident Jeska Smith happened upon the collision at around 5 p.m. at the Egbert Road crossing about 30 miles east of Cheyenne.
Smith, 35, was traveling with her 13-year-old son to her grandmother’s home when she spotted several sheriff’s office vehicles and ambulances surrounding the crossing that is equipped with crossing arms and emergency lights.
“As we approached, we noticed that the vehicle had hit the side of the train car,” Smith told Cowboy State Daily on Monday. “It was a pretty bad deal.”
Smith tried to drive around the collision, but the road was blocked by emergency vehicles.
She then pulled into a driveway and watched as an emergency medical helicopter landed to help the victim.
Smith said she frequently travels over the crossing and hasn’t noticed any problems with the crossing arms or warning lights.
Smith said she doesn’t worry about having to drive through the crossing in the future.
"It’s a sad memory, and my son was shaken up,” she said. “We have grown up in that area, and we have always been taught to look twice, even if the crossing arms are up.”
Union Pacific Railroad officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the collision.
This is a developing story.
