VANDUSER, Mo. (AP) - Authorities say a highway department worker in southeast Missouri's Scott County was killed when the service pickup truck he was driving was hit by a train.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 55-year-old Boby Long of Sikeston died at the scene of the accident shortly before 10:30 a.m. Monday near the village of Vanduser.
The patrol says Long was driving a Ford F-350 truck when the vehicle entered the train's path and became stuck.
Funeral arrangements are pending.