Man Hit and Killed by Train in Iowa

A man was killed in Iowa Monday when his truck was hit by a train.

Near 11:30, 37-year-old Richard Patrick Martin was driving a dump truck near Oyens, Iowa.

When Martin started crossing some train tracks he drove directly in front of an oncoming Canadian National train, which forced him up and over a bridge.

Part of the truck fell onto a crane used for bridge repairs and other parts landed in a creek below.

Plymouth County Police discovered Martin to have been ejected from the vehicle. Medical crews arrived and Martin was pronounced dead at the scene.

Martin may not have had full visibility due to trees and shrubbery, but the tracks were clearly marked with yield and crossbuck railroad crossing signs.

At the time of the accident, the train was traveling at about 40 mph.