BNSF equipment collides with private vehicle on Kiowa's west tracks

Monday, July 1, at 11:17 a.m., a call came in to the Barber County Sheriff's Office about an accident on the train track crossing on the west edge of Kiowa. Undersheriff Garrett McLemore responded with other emergency personnel.

McLemore said that Nathan Drake of Hardtner was westbound on Main at the railroad tracks. He was driving a 2014 black Hyundai. Drake reportedly told the officer the railroad arms were down. The arms lifted and he started to drive across the tracks. Suddenly, Drake's vehicle collided with a piece of equipment BNSF uses for track maintenance. Drake reportedly told the of...

 

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