Train Hits Truck In Haymarket, Killing A Passenger: Police

HAYMARKET, VA ? A cargo train hit a pick-up truck in Haymarket on Monday evening, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Authorities said the truck's driver ignored a stop sign just before the railroad crossing.

A passenger in the truck, 26-year-old Emerson Lisandro Martinez Mejia of Manassas, died at the scene. The truck's driver, a 42-year-old man from Manassas Park, suffered injuries that were not life-threatening. A helicopter flew him to a hospital after the crash.

The police department has not announced any charges in connection with the crash.

The crash occcurred around 6:30 p.m. on Monday near Kapp Valley Way and James Madison Highway in Haymarket. Investigators believe the driver of a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado was driving northbound on Kapp Valley Way when he ignored a stop sign before the railroad crossing.

When the truck started to cross over the tracks, a cargo train hit it. The force of the collision caused the truck to leave the roadway, authorities said. It finally stopped several hundred feet away from the crash site.

First responders pronounced the passenger dead at the scene. They pulled the driver from the truck and flew him to a hospital. He is expected to survive, the police department said.