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Title
Emil Kovar in Car-Train Accident, 1985, Rossville, Kansas
Subject
Accidents
Description
[Caption: Emil Kovar escaped serious injury after Union Pacific train hit his car last week. The car sustained major damage. Photo by Lisa Rosenow]
Kovar Suffers Rib Injury in Car-Train Mishap
Emil Kovar, 82, Rossville, escaped serious injury Tuesday, August 6, when a Union Pacific train crashed into his car while he was trying to get it off the tracks.
Kovar suffered rib injuries, said a county official, and was treated at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center and released.
Kovar was driving south across the railroad tracks, which run parallel and about 300 feet north of US-24, about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, said Deputy John Barber of the Shawnee County Sherrif's Department.
When Kovar saw the train approaching from the west, he stopped the car and tried to put the vehicle in reverse, Barber said. Instead, he shifted into park, leaving about four feet of the front of the car across the tracks.
The one-engine train, which routinely shuttles empty cars between Topeka and Junction City, was pulling eight empty cars that day.
Kovar Suffers Rib Injury in Car-Train Mishap
Emil Kovar, 82, Rossville, escaped serious injury Tuesday, August 6, when a Union Pacific train crashed into his car while he was trying to get it off the tracks.
Kovar suffered rib injuries, said a county official, and was treated at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center and released.
Kovar was driving south across the railroad tracks, which run parallel and about 300 feet north of US-24, about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, said Deputy John Barber of the Shawnee County Sherrif's Department.
When Kovar saw the train approaching from the west, he stopped the car and tried to put the vehicle in reverse, Barber said. Instead, he shifted into park, leaving about four feet of the front of the car across the tracks.
The one-engine train, which routinely shuttles empty cars between Topeka and Junction City, was pulling eight empty cars that day.
Creator
St. Marys Star, St. Marys, Kansas
Publisher
Rossville Community Library, Rossville, Kansas
used with permission
used with permission
Date
August 13, 1985
Rights
All rights reserved
Format
newspaper
Identifier
RCL0420
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