(KLZA)-- The driver of a semi-truck suffered minor injuries Thursday afternoon when the semi he was driving was involved in a wreck with a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Train in Holt County, Missouri.
The Missouri Highway Patrol report indicates the train was westbound when a 2000 Kenworth Semi, northbound on Unity Road was in reverse to turn onto Holt County 340 Road and traveled onto the tracks.
The crossbar and warning sign were present. The train struck the semi on the passenger side.
The driver of the truck, 47-year old Jason Smith of Savannah, Missouri suffered minor injures, but refused medical treatment at the scene.
The train operator, 62-year-old Mark Runyan from Lincoln, Nebraska was not injured.
The wreck occurred around 4:10 p-m three miles south of Oregon, Missouri. The Holt County Sheriff's Department and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad police assisted at the scene of the wreck.
The semi truck was totaled in the wreck. The train sustained only minor damage.
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