(File Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
WHEATLAND, Wis. — A driver was killed Sunday morning when a southbound train struck a full-size pickup as it crossed the tracks on a private farm access road in the Town of Wheatland, according to the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies and multiple fire and rescue agencies were dispatched around 10:45 a.m. to the 3300 block of CTH W/328th Avenue, just south of CTH JB/31st Street along the Canadian National Railway tracks.
Investigators said the pickup had been traveling westbound on the private road, which is posted with a stop sign but is not required to have gates, bells or flashing lights. The truck’s operator, 78-year-old Leonard A. Lois of Wheatland, was the sole occupant. He suffered severe injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Kenosha County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Responding agencies included fire and rescue units from Wheatland, Twin Lakes, Randall, Somers, Bristol, Salem Lakes, Pleasant Prairie and Richmond, Illinois, along with Canadian National Railway Police and Flight for Life. Sheriff David W. Zoerner expressed condolences to those affected and thanked assisting agencies. The county’s 24/7 crisis line is 262-657-7188 for anyone seeking support.
This story will be updated as additional information becomes available.
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8 fire trucks and unknown ambulances for what??? After first unit arrived they should have called other units off but let’s stand around and eat dounuts
Let’s hope you never need emergency medical care.
Regardless of the situation being a single DOA the incident command should have released the other non needed units once the scene was assessed.
Maybe he did ?
Now if those non needed units from those supporting departments chose to stay on their own volition then their own department chiefs need to be asked why.
Maybe this turned into a learning opportunity on how to interact with the railroad. Just sticking around to watch was educational. Could have been a lot of reasons why all these departments were called in the first place. Railroad protocol comes to mind.
You truly don’t know what you have until you get there. Could have been a derailment. Hazardous materials in play.
But overall the comment above is a fair one.
Anyone from any responding department that was on scene care to explain ?
This news site provides a lot of information just by the comments that are written. Let that continue
He was still alive when first responders first arrived on scene.
Correct. And I think it took awhile to access. They had to separate the train cars.
For someone to ask “for what ” is the most asinine and rude thing to say. You are a cold human being and have obviously never lost a loved one in an accident. Anyone that has the balls to rip on any EMS personnel had better pray they or a family member is never in need of EMS services. Your comment will come back to bite you in the ass.
Emergency responders say all the time, they would much rather be called and show up to find out the situation is less that advertised than not be called because someone on the scene misread the totality of the situation.
All good showing up to do nothing that not showing up or showing up late finding out you could have helped.
I think the original question was about sticking around once everything was known.
But that’s why Kevin doesn’t moderate comments here. Let the uninformed, uneducated and truth have equal time