Amazon Delivery Van Cut In Half By Amtrak Train

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Amazon Delivery Van Cut In Half By Amtrak Train

The collision west of Milwaukee violently rips vehicle in two

By Ryan Erik King
Yesterday 10:00AM

Residents of the outlying communities west of Milwaukee might have to wait a little longer to receive packages from Amazon. An Amazon delivery van was bisected by an Amtrak train after the train collided with the rear section of the van at a railway crossing in Ixonia, WI. Thankfully, the driver of the van and everyone aboard the train was relatively unharmed after the incident last Wednesday afternoon.

The driver departed a residence on a small access road that parallels the railroad track until it terminates at a T-shaped junction with a public road. The junction with the public road, named River Valley Road, is also adjacent to a railroad crossing. This is a crossing with no signal or lights. Alexander Evans, the driver, was unaware of the Amtrak track approaching the crossing from the same direction.

Evans made a left-hand turn onto the crossing. He is also deaf in his left ear, so he didn’t hear the train’s blaring horn until the last moments before impact. Evans told WISN, “Literally, it was like one long beep, horn from the train, and I put my foot on the gas, kind of like trying. I don’t know how far I’m going to get away from him.”

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Amazon delivery truck cut in half by Amtrak train

By Steve Sharp Adams Publishing Group Nov 11, 2021





IXONIA — The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office has reported that the lone occupant of an Amazon delivery truck that was cut in half by an Amtrak train in Ixonia Wednesday survived the incident and was taken to a local hospital for observation.

The crash occurred at 1:24 p.m. Wednesday and deputies responded to the single-vehicle versus train crash on River Valley Road in the Town of Ixonia.

“Preliminary investigation at the scene indicated that the vehicle was heading northbound on River Valley Road when it attempted to cross the tracks,” Sheriff Paul Milbrath said. “An Amtrak train was heading eastbound and stuck the vehicle while it was crossing the tracks. The lone occupant of the vehicle was transported to a local hospital for precautionary measures.”

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by Ixonia Fire and EMS.

[AllyCat]

1. The wording of this article is odd.

The train cut the vehicle in half.

Makes it sound like the train made the mistake here.

Glad everyone is safe though.

[callous taoboy]

2. I almost died at a similar crossing-

This was high school, was out driving around wasted out in the country late at night. I blew through a train crossing that had no signal device and the second I got through a freight train blew through. Missed me by this much.