Man found with serious injuries near Mexico railroad crossing

MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ)

Mexico public safety workers found a man badly hurt near a railroad crossing early Wednesday, but it wasn't clear whether he was hit by a train.

Members of the Mexico Public Safety Department were sent at about 2 a.m. to the Morris Street rail crossing and found James Hicks, 40, of Mexico, along the tracks just east of the crossing with serious injuries, the department said in a news release. A person driving by saw Hicks and flagged down a sheriff's deputy who was driving by, Mexico police said.

A train had been stopped in that area about 15 minutes before the call, according to the release. It wasn't clear Wednesday morning whether the train gave Hicks his injuries.

Hicks was in serious condition Wednesday, a University Hospital spokesman said.