FATAL AREA TRAIN CAR COLLISION

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An area man was killed Sunday when his car was hit by a train in the town of Montrose in Effingham County. Illinois State Police say that around 9:45 a.m. a 2003 Ford being driven by 63 year old Pierre Menard of Montrose was traveling north on South Maple Street and failed to yield to a westbound train at the railway crossing north of West Prairie Street. The car was hit in the passenger side and Menard was pronounced dead at the scene.