BREAKING: Semi Vs. Train Leaves A Mess
Shown is the front of the engine of the train that struck a SmokerCraft semitractor-trailer that was stuck on the tracks in Leesburg this morning.
LEESBURG — A semitractor-trailer stuck on the tracks in Leesburg was hit by a southbound Norfolk Southern train at approximately 7:30 a.m. today.
The impact with the trailer hauling pontoon boats from SmokerCraft, New Paris, left a debris field approximately 200 yards of parts from the pontoons, the trailer, crossing control device, railroad ties and stones. There was damage sustained to the building at Nuell Inc., 312 E. Van Buren St.
The driver of the semitractor was not injured.
The impact occurred at VanBuren Street and Harper Road/Old SR 15. The southbound train was able to stop just south of Deatsman’s grain, south of the Prairie Street crossing.
According to information at the scene the semitractor-trailer and its load is valued at $250,000. No damage estimate to the train, rails, and crossing control was available.
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- Shown is a pontoon that was dislodged from the trailer when a train struck a semitractor- trailer stuck on the tracks at Old SR 15/Van Buren Street and Harper Road this morning.
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- Shown is the debris field from this morning’s train/semitractor-trailer accident. Estimated damages are around $250,000.
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- Shown is the cab and what remains of the semi-trailer. When the train struck, the cab and trailer was swung around so they were facing north.
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- Kosciusko County Deputies and a representative from SmokerCraft confer after this morning’s crash.
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- The debris field, which included destroyed railroad control devises and pieces of boat, was spread out for approximately 200 yards.
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- The engine clipped a pontoon which was then stuck as the train proceeded to a stop after the accident.
