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Casa Grande Driver Killed After Two Trains Strike Car at Crossing

Detectives have not determined why the 24-year-old's car was inside the lowered crossing arms.

Overview

  • Union Pacific operators alerted Casa Grande police around 3:07 a.m. to a collision at Trekell Road near Jimmie Kerr Boulevard.
  • A westbound train struck the car first, followed shortly by an eastbound train hitting the same vehicle.
  • First responders found the driver, a 24-year-old man and the only occupant, dead at the scene.
  • Police said the vehicle was positioned on the tracks inside the crossing arms when it was hit.
  • No other injuries were reported, and the man's identity has not been released.