By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
St. Joseph police have released the identifications of the person killed and the person seriously injured in Saturday’s vehicle-train crash.
Police say 79-year-old Jerry Murphy of St. Joseph died when his minivan failed to clear the railroad tracks near Waterworks Road about a mile north of the St. Jo Frontier Casino late Saturday afternoon.
Seriously injured in the wreck was 79-year-old Patricia Murphy, a passenger in the van.
The impact threw Murphy from the van. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Patricia Murphy had to be extricated from the vehicle by emergency responders.