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December 3, 2009
Nebraska train hits semi, Ottumwa man hurt
CLARKS, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraksa State Patrol says an Iowa truck driver suffered a broken leg when his tractor-trailer was rammed by a train in east-central Nebraska.
The patrol says the trucker turned too tightly off U.S. Highway 30 near Clarks at 1:22 a.m. Thursday and got stuck in a culvert.
That kept him from moving his truck off railroad tracks in time to escape being hit by the eastbound train.
A patrol dispatcher identified the driver as 63-year-old Ival McVey of Ottumwa.
McVey, who also suffered cuts to his face, was taken to a Central City, Neb. hospital, then to a Lincoln, Neb. hospital.
