Crash with train kills man, 57

Reports say driver talking on cell phone at time of impact

By: Terri Richardson - Texarkana Gazette -

Published: 11/12/2007

Staff photos by Terri Richardson Union Pacific Railroad crews, above, hook a 1990 Ford Bronco to a crane after the Bronco’s driver, 57-year-old Michael Wayne Treadway, died on impact in an accident about 9:40 a.m. Sunday after crossing into the path of an Amtrak passenger train at County Road 3624 near Queen City, Texas. The train pushed the truck more than a quarter of a mile before stopping. At left, Cass County Volunteer Fire District 2 firefighter Michael Clark looks on Sunday afternoon as UP crews work with a wrecker service to remove the Bronco.

QUEEN CITY, Texas—A Domino, Texas, man was killed instantly after he drove into the path of an Amtrak passenger train at County Road 3624 Sunday morning. The victim was reportedly talking on a cell phone at the time of impact.

“According to his son, the driver was talking to his son on a cell phone at the time of the crash,” said Trooper Eric White with the Texas Department of Public Safety, who investigated the crash.

Michael Wayne Treadway, 57, was the driver and only occupant of a camouflage 1990 model Ford Bronco. He died on impact, White said.

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November, 2007