JACKSON JUNCTION, Iowa (KCRG) – The Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office is releasing more detail about a fatal crash involving a train and a tractor that happened near Jackson Junction Monday afternoon. Investigators said it happened at about 2:32 p.m. when the driver of a tractor was heading west on 128th Street, crossed Highway 24 and attempted to cross the railroad tracks.

The train conductor told law enforcement the tractor driver saw the train coming at the last second and attempted to stop. The train conductor also applied the train’s brakes, but collided with the center of the tractor at about 30 mph. The collision caused the tractor to split at the cab/engine compartment, and ejected the driver through the front windshield.

First responders arrived and began performing aid to the driver, but he died at the scene. The tractor driver has been identified as 60-year-old Carl Kuhn, of Fort Atkinson. The sheriff’s office said the intersection where the collision happened is an uncontrolled train crossing, with yield signs on both sides.