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Authorities identify man killed when pickup truck collided with a train in Sauget
By Carolyn P. Smith,
2 days ago
Authorities have identified the man who was killed when the pickup truck he was driving slammed into a train early Saturday.
Jamarin Ballard, 39, of Cahokia Heights, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident on Mississippi Avenue (Illinois Route 3) at 4:30 a.m., according to St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye. Sr.
Ballard was driving a truck traveling south in the 3000 block of Mississippi Avenue when it crossed the railroad tracks and collided with a moving Union Pacific train.
The railroad crossing gates were down and flashing lights activated when the collision happened, said Sauget Police Chief James Jones . When officers arrived, they found the truck and a train engine engulfed by flames.
A pickup truck and one of two engines of a Union Pacific train burn after a crash at a railroad crossing early Saturday morning on Mississippi Avenue in Sauget. The truck driver was killed. Herb Simmons/St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency
No one else was in the truck, and no one in the train was injured.
The materials included chlorine, phosphorus pentasulfide and sulphuric acid, said Brian Donley, deputy chief of St. Clair Special Emergency Services Association , a non-profit organization that helped police and firefighters assess the situation.
Reporter Teri Maddox contributed to this story. This photo posted at 3:09 a.m. Saturday on the Facebook page of Herb Simmons, executive director of St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency, shows fire trucks at the site of a crash involving a train and a truck in Sauget. A Union Pacific train and F-150 pickup truck that collided early Saturday morning at a railroad crossing in Sauget had been towed away by 9 a.m. Traffic was moving again on Mississippi Avenue. Teri Maddox/tmaddox@bnd.com A man was killed early Saturday, July 27, 2024, when the pickup truck he was driving collided with a moving train in Sauget. Provided/Provided This photo posted at 3:20 a.m. Saturday on the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency Facebook page shows emergency responders at the site of a crash involving a train and a truck in Sauget. Herb Simmons/St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency
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