A combine driver who died Monday after he was struck by a train in Gage County was identified as a 65-year-old Louisville man. Benjamin Scholting was pronounced dead at the scene near 110th Street and East Apple Road, a few miles southeast of Firth, after his combine was struck by a loaded coal train there at around noon Monday, according to the Nebraska State Patrol. Scholting was struck by a BNSF train at an uncontrolled railroad crossing near the Gage-Lancaster County line. The tracks that cross Apple Road are marked only by stop signs and railroad crossing signs, but no red lights or railway gates. The State Patrol's investigation into the crash is ongoing.

Source: Daily Sun October 11, 2023 00:09 UTC