HARVEY COUNTY – A semi driver avoided injured after a train accident just before 10 a.m. on Saturday in Harvey County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1980 Kenworth semi hauling an empty grain trailer and driven by Edward J. Brubacher, Jr., 73, Walton, was westbound on east Grant Avenue crossing the railroad tracks at U.S. 50.

The driver stopped on the railroad tracks due to traffic. As the train approached, the semi attempted to move westbound.

A BNSF train hit the left rear corner of the truck’s trailer.

Brubacher, the train’s engineer and conductor, both from Missouri were not injured.

Brubacher was properly restrained at the time of the accident.