One dead after train hits vehicle near Lester

LESTER—One person is dead after a train hit a pickup Tuesday, March 17, about three miles north of Lester.

The name of the individual has not been released and is pending identification by the Iowa State Patrol.

At 12:33 p.m. Tuesday, a 2026 Ford F-350 driven by the unidentified person was westbound on 110th Street west of Dogwood Avenue and failed to yield at a railroad track for a BNSF Railway train, which was southbound…

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