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Semi collides with maintenance train at Dawson

(KLZA)-- The Richardson County Sheriff's Department along with several other departments are investigating a wreck that occurred Friday morning around 8:30 on Highway 75 in Dawson, which caused the highway to be shut down for several hours.

A semi-truck and trailer collided with a Herzog Maintenance train at the railroad crossing on the south edge of Dawson. The trailer the semi was pulling impacted a vehicle that was waiting for the train to pass.

Members of the Humboldt Rescue Squad checked on the well-being of the passengers in the vehicle. The driver was transported and later released.

No other injuries were reported.

The driver of the semi was issued a citation for multiple offenses. Packages carried by the semi were strewn onto the highway and off the edge of the road.

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