1 injured after train hits mail truck in Audrain County

AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)

Officials say one person was injured Monday afternoon after a mail truck was hit by a train in Audrain County.

Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp said the mail truck was hit at a crossing.

A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says the 2015 Jeep Wrangler was heading southbound on Audrain County Road 165 when it entered the crossing and was hit by a 1979 GM GP40-3 Canadian Pacific Kansas City Train.

The Jeep then went off the right side of the road and the train came to a controlled stop. The Jeep’s driver, a 64-year-old woman from Centralia, suffered moderate injuries and was brought to University Hospital by ambulance.

The train was heading west at the time of the crash, the report shows. The driver of the Jeep was not utilizing a safety device, according to the report.

The Jeep was totaled while the train had minor damage, the report says.

MSHP reports do not name those involved in crashes.