Truck collides with train; no one was hurt

The cab of an 18-wheeler can be seen behind DPS Trooper Dustin Estes. The truck collided with a Union Pacific train Wednesday morning in Maud, Texas. The cab was on one side of the railroad tracks while portions of the tractor-trailer remained on the opposite side parallel to state Highway 67.

An 18-wheeler, owned by Alfred Humphry, 58, of Bloomburg, Texas, collided with a train in Maud, Texas, shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Humphry was traveling west on U.S. Highway 67 and trying to cross the train tracks at a crossing privately owned by Ward Timber when the train struck the...

Published: 05/21/2009