Man Killed after Train Struck Car
Posted/updated on: February 9, 2012 at 10:49 am
LUFKIN — A man was killed early Wednesday morning after his car was struck by a train on Southwood Drive outside Loop 287 in Lufkin. The man, identified as Kaleb Drew Rye, 27, of Huntington, reportedly pulled out in front of an oncoming train near the Lufkin Police shooting range around 4:00. The man’s maroon Pontiac Grand Am was carried two-tenths of a mile down the track by the impact. Lufkin Police closed the highway while Union Pacific workers and Due’s Wrecker Service pulled the car off the tracks around 8:00. The incident is under investigation.
