Man in serious condition after train, car collide in Boonville
UPDATE: The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the drivers of the car and train in Friday night’s crash.
The Patrol said Donald L. Wood, 73, of Ashland, suffered moderate injuries in the crash. The online report for the crash said Wood, driving a 2002 Ford Mustang, “stopped on the railroad tracks” when the Union Pacific train hit him. The train operator, 46-year-old Donald Stagner of Orrick, Missouri, did not suffer physical injuries in the crash.
Cpl. Gerry West said it appears Wood got on to the railroad tracks through a maintenance access and not a public access point. West said the man may have gotten lost trying to get to the casino. He said Wood tried to turn around when his tire got stuck on the tracks.
As of Saturday afternoon, hospital officials said Wood was in still in the hospital in serious condition.
ORIGINAL STORY: Crews responded to a crushed car around 8:30 p.m. Friday night after it apparently collided with a train.
The car was found just north of the Isle of Capri Casino along the Missouri River on the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.
Boonville police told ABC 17 News there was one responsive victim with head injuries. They believed only one person was
A viewer on the scene told ABC 17 News that the Staff for Life Helicopter picked up the victim around 9:00 p.m.
ABC 17 News will continue to work to find out what caused the wreck and how the car got between the fence and the railroad tracks. Our crew was told the fence runs all the way from the Missouri River bridge to the Isle of Capri Casino with some other gates in between.
