Local Man ‘Critical’ After Train Crash

Two Idaho men were injured when a train clobbered a semitrailer at a crossing in the Nebraska Panhandle. Sidney radio station KSID says the truck was struck at it tried to cross tracks Wednesday morning around 8:20 on a county road near U.S. Highway 30 about six miles west of Sidney. Cheyenne County Attorney Paul Schaub (SHAHB) says there are crossing signs denoting the tracks but no crossing guards. The investigation is continuing. The driver was identified as 52-year-old Bruce Elam, of Boise, Idaho; his passenger was identified as 43-year-old Lawrence Clifford, of Post Falls, Idaho/ Associated Press . More here.