BROOKFIELD, Wis. — A witness said the car involved in a fatal crash with an Amtrak train went around railroad gates and flashing lights in Brookfield Monday.
Brookfield Police said the driver, a 70-year-old man, died in the crash.
Damion Gray said he saw the whole crash happen as he was heading into work just after 4 p.m. He got stopped in his car at the railroad crossing near Brookfield and River Roads. Gray said he and others stopped their cars but one driver did not.
“The railroad crossing sticks were down and he just drove like around them into the barriers. It happened so quick,” Gray said.
