TRENTON — Three people are dead after a motorist drove into the path of a Burlington Northern freight train in a northwest Missouri town.
The accident happened shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Grundy County town of Trenton. Heavy snow had fallen in the region, but the Missouri State Highway Patrol said weather was not a factor.
All three victims were from Trenton. The patrol identifies them as the car's driver, 24-year-old Nancy N. Groves, and her two passengers, 30-year-old Adam K. Romesburg and 28-year-old Nina A. Spencer.
The patrol said the accident happened at an uncontrolled railroad crossing. The car came to rest about 300 feet down the track.