WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015
COLTON, NEBRASKA
A Sidney, NE man has been killed in a car-train accident near
Colton, Nebraska, Tuesday.
Cheyenne County Sheriff John Jenson said in a press release
issued Wednesday that Michael J. Kennedy, 44, died in the accident. Jenson said Kennedy had been traveling
northbound on County Road 125 when he failed to yield and struck a westbound
Union Pacific train.
Kennedy died at the scene of the accident. He was not wearing a seat belt.
The accident occurred at about 6:30 p.m.
Colton is located about 7 miles east of Sidney.