Allie Johnson
JOHNSON, ALLIE C.
Newspaper, by Kim M. Aho.
LOCAL MAN KILLED IN TRAIN ACCIDENT
Murphy — A 35-year-old McKinney was killed Friday after the cement truck he was driving collided with a St. Louis-Southwestern train, causing a five-car derailment and blocking traffic for more than eight hours on FM 544, west of Murphy Road.
Allie C. Johnson was pronounced dead at HCA Medical Center of Plano at about 10 a.m. Friday, hospital officials said. Justice of the Peace Tom Kelley ordered an autopsy.
Johnson was driving a 1979 Lattimore Ready Mix cement truck when he struck the side of the train with seven cars and two engines, police said.
Carl Bradley, assistant superintendent of the Pine Bluff division of the Cotton Belt, is investigating the cause of the accident and said the impact of the collision cause the derailment.
“After it (the cement truck) made contact with our two engines, they came apart and the lead locomotive proceeded down the track with the engineer and the conductor,” he said. “After the collision, the second engine derailed because of the impact, which in turn derailed five of the seven cars of the train.”
The train was traveling at about 40 mph, Bradley added. He noted that all of the railroad-crossing warning devices were working.
Some 585 feet of train rail was damaged in the accident and will cost more than $60,000 to repair, officials predicted. Bradley estimated it will take from two to three days to transport the seven cars of merchandise, which included beer, Cascade dish detergent, clothes and appliances. Bradley said an unknown amount of damage was done to the rail cars and goods. Police do not know the cause of the accident.... [Rest missing]
Newspaper, by Kim M. Aho.
LOCAL MAN KILLED IN TRAIN ACCIDENT
Murphy — A 35-year-old McKinney was killed Friday after the cement truck he was driving collided with a St. Louis-Southwestern train, causing a five-car derailment and blocking traffic for more than eight hours on FM 544, west of Murphy Road.
Allie C. Johnson was pronounced dead at HCA Medical Center of Plano at about 10 a.m. Friday, hospital officials said. Justice of the Peace Tom Kelley ordered an autopsy.
Johnson was driving a 1979 Lattimore Ready Mix cement truck when he struck the side of the train with seven cars and two engines, police said.
Carl Bradley, assistant superintendent of the Pine Bluff division of the Cotton Belt, is investigating the cause of the accident and said the impact of the collision cause the derailment.
“After it (the cement truck) made contact with our two engines, they came apart and the lead locomotive proceeded down the track with the engineer and the conductor,” he said. “After the collision, the second engine derailed because of the impact, which in turn derailed five of the seven cars of the train.”
The train was traveling at about 40 mph, Bradley added. He noted that all of the railroad-crossing warning devices were working.
Some 585 feet of train rail was damaged in the accident and will cost more than $60,000 to repair, officials predicted. Bradley estimated it will take from two to three days to transport the seven cars of merchandise, which included beer, Cascade dish detergent, clothes and appliances. Bradley said an unknown amount of damage was done to the rail cars and goods. Police do not know the cause of the accident.... [Rest missing]
