DENISON – An Iowa man narrowly avoided serious injury or death when a train collided with his vehicle Tuesday afternoon.
According to a report, Lonny Lee Kolin, 57, of Dow City, was in his 1998 Ford Explorer when it stalled on a set of railroad tracks near Denison on Highway 30, Iowa when the vehicle stalled.
A Union Pacific freight train was approaching and Kolin exited the vehicle, and the Explorer was struck on the driver’s side. Kolin was not injured.
Get in the car, take the chance. Who really cares!