MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Troop H Headquarters - 3525 North Belt - St. Joseph, MO 64506-1370


News Release

For further information please contact: Sgt. Sheldon A. Lyon
816-387-2345
H12093
December 9, 2009

EMPHASIS: Triple Fatality Train Crash


On December 9, 2009, a 2001 red Plymouth Neon crossed a set of railroad tracks on First Street in Trenton, MO, and was struck by a Union Pacific freight train. All three persons in the Neon were fatally injured in the crash. They were all three residents of Trenton. At this time the next of kin have not been notified and the investigation into the crash is ongoing by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

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