Motorist killed in collision with train 'after trying to race the locomotive'

A motorist was killed in a crash Thursday after he reportedly tried to race a train in Irving, Texas. Just before 1 p.m., the driver, who has not been identified, collided with an eastbound Trinity Railway Express train near where the tracks cross Irby Lane, according to the Dallas Morning News. He was driving a red pickup truck. Photos from the scene of the crash show the truck in a grassy area between the road and the tracks, which run parallel to one another.

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