Dump Truck Hit By Train

(Washington County, MO.) A Mineral Point man, 62 year old Anthony F. Courtois, is suffering serious injuries after the dump truck he was driving was struck by a train in Washington County Monday morning. Troopers with the Highway Patrol indicate the wreck took place at 6:10 as Courtois was driving west on Northoak Road. off Highway 8, when the truck stopped on a railroad crossing. Courtois tried to back up but an Amtrak train crashed into the truck before it could get off the track. The train forced the truck to smash into the railroad crossing sign. Courtois was taken to Washington County Memorial Hospital at Potosi. He was not wearing his seat belt when the wreck happened.