Posted September 28, 2020 11:42am
(KLZA)--A Clarinda, Iowa man died following a wreck involving a Mack truck and a train Saturday afternoon, south of Rock Port.
The Missouri Highway Patrol reports 52-year-old Troy Landess was eastbound in the truck on a private levy access road, attempting to cross a private railroad crossing controlled only by a STOP sign. The truck was struck in the front passenger side by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe locomotive.
Landess was partially ejected from the truck, which ame to rest down an embankment.
Landess was transported by the Atchison / Holt EMS to the Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn where he was pronounced dead.
The wreck was reported around 2:30.