HIAWATHA, Kan. (AP) Two people have died in a collision with a freight train at a railroad crossing in northeast Kansas.
Brown County Sheriff John Merchant says a pickup truck collided with a Union Pacific train around 10 a.m. Monday north of Hiawatha.
Merchant says the two people in the pickup Thurman Turner, 59, and Veronica Hogle, 18, were pronounced dead at the scene. Both were from Hiawatha.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says it’s not clear who was driving the pickup.
KNZA-AM reports Turner was well known in the Hiawatha area for rallying fellow motorcycle riders to take part in fundraising rides for charity
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
