SIOUX CITY POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM KILLED IN THE COLLISION BETWEEN A CAR AND A FREIGHT TRAIN ON THE CITY’S NORTHSIDE THURSDAY MORNING.
POLICE SAY 38 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS STABER WAS DRIVING THE CAR THAT RAN INTO A TRAIN CAR NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 31ST AND HIGHWAY 75.
STABER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CAR WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN IT STRUCK THE TRAIN.
THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
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ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A CAR VERSUS TRAIN COLLISION ON SIOUX CITY’S NORTHSIDE.
LT. MARK KIRKPATRICK OF THE SIOUX CITY POLICE SAYS OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE ACCIDENT AT 31ST AND HIGHWAY 75 JUST AFTER 9 AM THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING.
KIRKPATRICK SAYS A MALE VICTIM WAS FOUND INSIDE THE CAR, WHICH WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN IT STRUCK THE TRAIN:
THE VICTIM WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
HIS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
