Man and son, both farmers, killed at train crossing with no lights or signals

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission can add more ways to alert the public of passing trains at a Ninnekah intersection where a man and son were hit and killed — if the town petitions for it, officials say.A father and son were crossing the railroad tracks in a truck when a train hit them Friday morning, the Grady County Fire Department said. "The one-ton truck was pushed approximately half a mile," Fire District Chief Buddy Meyers said. Meyers said the father and son duo were both local farmers. "He's probably crossed this Peach Street intersection a thousand times or more," Meyers said. The crossing is marked with a sign, but does not have any flashing lights or crossing signals. Meyers said that might be why the men didn’t see the train coming. Meyers says there is at least one train vs. vehicle crash a year at the crossing.

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission can add more ways to alert the public of passing trains at a Ninnekah intersection where a man and son were hit and killed — if the town petitions for it, officials say.

A father and son were crossing the railroad tracks in a truck when a train hit them Friday morning, the Grady County Fire Department said.


"The one-ton truck was pushed approximately half a mile," Fire District Chief Buddy Meyers said.

Meyers said the father and son duo were both local farmers.

"He's probably crossed this Peach Street intersection a thousand times or more," Meyers said.

The crossing is marked with a sign, but does not have any flashing lights or crossing signals. Meyers said that might be why the men didn’t see the train coming.

Meyers says there is at least one train vs. vehicle crash a year at the crossing.