UPDATE 4:00 p.m.
Jefferson County deputies were dispatched to a railroad crossing at 65S and Klie Road at 12:22 p.m.
Deputies arrived on scene discovering that a 1996 Peterbilt truck hauling a trailer of cotton had been struck by a train.
The driver, Dustin Kebodeaux, a 35-year-old white male from Louisiana, failed to yield at the railroad crossing stop sign. There were no other occupants in the truck.
The driver was ejected 35-40 yards outside of the vehicle and the trailer of cotton caught fire. The driver was transported to UAMS and is alive and responsive.
The conductor of the train, who is unidentified, sustained minor injuries.
The investigation is ongoing.
ORIGINAL STORY:
There has been a collision between a train and a vehicle on Highway 65 South near the Moscow community. Both the truck and the train were on fire when DeltaplexNews.com made it to the scene.
DeltaplexNews.com has been informed through sources that the train stuck an 18 wheeler when the 18 wheeler refused to yield at a crossing and was struck by the train.
The two workers on the train and the truck driver will both survive the crash according to sources on the scene.
