A van driver from Ozark has been killed with his van was hit by a coal trian going almost 40-miles an hour near Springfield. One of those that witnessed the crash, Spencer Melgrin, says there was nothing he could do to help van driver Michael Biggs.
Michael Biggs was pronounced dead Wednesday at the scene of the crash. Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Dan Bracker says Biggs was hit by a Burlington Northern-Santa Fe engine pulling empty coal cars as he crossed railroad tracks.
A Burlington Northern spokesman says the train's event recorder indicated the engine was going 39 mph when it hit the van.
Only one sign is at the crossing where the crash occurred.
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