March 29, 2024

Man sees SUV crash onto tracks, stops oncoming train

MOORLAND — Authorities are crediting a man for stopping a freight train before it plowed into a vehicle that moments before had crashed onto railroad tracks. A woman was driving Monday morning on a road in Moorland, just west of Fort Dodge, when she fell asleep. The sport utility vehicle she was driving veered into a ditch, rolled and landed on its wheels on adjacent Union Pacific Railroad tracks. Two people witnessed the crash, and while one called 911 the other ran down the tracks and warned an approaching train.