Third Teen Dead After Pickup Truck Crash with Train in Clark County

CLARKE COUNTY, Iowa - A third teenager is dead from a crash last Thursday when a pickup truck tried to cross tacks in front of a freight train in rural Clark County.

Fifteen-year-old Rylon Cook of Osceola died over the weekend at a Des Moines hospital. Fourteen-year-old Brooklyn Eggers and 15-year-old Gavin Werner, both of Murray, were killed in the crash.

The 16-year-old driver is still in a hospital with serious injuries.

The crash happened Thursday around 4:30 p.m. near the intersection of Kendall Street and 160th Avenue, east of Murray.

(Image from WHO-TV)


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