Le Mars, Iowa — One person was injured in a truck-train accident in Plymouth County Thursday afternoon.
Plymouth County authorities say a semi with a gravel dump trailer collided with a Burlington Northern-Sante Fe train at about 1:15 p.m. on Thursday at a crossing about three miles west of Le Mars. They tell us the semi was coming down a hill heading eastbound and the train was going northbound. The driver, who was said to be in serious condition, was airlifted to a Sioux City hospital. The Plymouth County Sheriff says the crossing signals were working at the time of the accident.
