The Missouri Highway Patrol released the name of the Seymour mother killed in a fatal train crash earlier this afternoon.  33 year-old Kristy Willis of Seymour Missouri was killed when her Chevy pickup was broadsided by a train at the railroad crossing of Greenbriar and Fordland.  Her daughter, 8 year-old Kelsey Turner, was seriously injured and transported by AIR Evac Lifeteam to St. John's Medical Center in Springfield Missouri for immediate care.  St. John's Medical Center in Springfield is one of only a few level-1 trauma centers in the area that can handle the type life-threatening injuries sustained by Kelsey.  The two other children in the pick-up were able to jump out of the bed of the truck and avoid what could have been serious injury or death.

The EMD SD70ACE locomotive involved in this train crash was a General Electric diesel-electric locomotive that was first introduced by GE in 1992.  This particular locomotive is heavily used by Conrail, Illinois Central Railroad, and Norfolk Southern Railway.  No passenger vehicle or truck has a fighting chance against the enormous size of these General Electric locomotives.

The surviving family members who lost Kristy Willis may have a viable Missouri wrongful death claim against the engineer of the locomotive as well as the owner and maintainer of the railroad crossing where the fatal train crash occured in Webster County.  Evidence in these cases is critical and should gathered immediately by an investigation team representing the Willis family.  The fatal train crash attorneys and investigators at Schultz Legal Group have successfully prosecuted railroad crossing defect and design cases and can be reached at (866) 840-3636 for an immediate consultation.