NewsSeptember 23, 2016

CAMPBELL, Mo. — A Campbell man was seriously injured after he apparently was struck by a train, according to chief Tony Burke of the Campbell Police Department. Burke said officers were called to the railroad crossing at Morgan Street in Campbell in reference to a pedestrian vs. train crash. Officers found 39-year-old Jon M. Bevill Jr. 300 feet west of the crossing, suffering from a serious leg injury...

Cody Tucker

CAMPBELL, Mo. — A Campbell man was seriously injured after he apparently was struck by a train, according to chief Tony Burke of the Campbell Police Department.

Burke said officers were called to the railroad crossing at Morgan Street in Campbell in reference to a pedestrian vs. train crash. Officers found 39-year-old Jon M. Bevill Jr. 300 feet west of the crossing, suffering from a serious leg injury.

Bevill reportedly was alert and conscious at the scene. He was flown by Survival Flight to a Memphis, Tennessee, hospital for treatment.

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Burke said the investigation into the incident is ongoing and has been turned over to the Union Pacific Railroad Police.

Pertinent address:

Campbell, Mo.

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