Man suffers minor injuries after his truck fails to stop at snowy train crossing and crashes into side of freight train in Milan, Michigan

Modified Date: 
Tue, 10/06/2015 - 11:19am
Accident Date: 
Monday, February 3, 2014

Driver who couldn't stop truck on ice smashes into moving train.

Officials were called to York Township just west of Milan for a crash involving a train and a vehicle around 2 p.m., police confirmed.
Officials were called to York Township just west of Milan for a crash involving a train and a vehicle around 2 p.m., police confirmed. A man driving a truck on East Arkona Road east of Platt tried stopping at the crossing gates for the freight train coming by but couldn't because of icy road conditions, said a spokesman for the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office The truck collided with the side of the moving train. The man driving the truck suffered minor injuries, police said.

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