By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY Salina Post

SALINE COUNTY —A Kansas man was hospitalized after his car struck a train on Old Highway 40 in far eastern Saline County Thursday.

Just after 5:30a.m. Ray Snider, 67, of Abilene, was eastbound on Old Highway 40 in a 2006 Mercury Milan when the car struck a train that was stopped on the track approximately 300 feet east of N. Amos Road, according to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan.

Soldan said that although the crossing is marked, it does not have warning lights.

Snider suffered lacerations and back pain and was transported by EMS to Salina Regional Health Center.

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 </figure>By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY Salina PostSALINE COUNTY —A Kansas man was hospitalized after his car struck a train on Old Highway 40 in far eastern Saline County Thursday.Just after 5:30a.m. Ray Snider, 67, of Abilene, was eastbound on Old Highway 40 in a 2006 Mercury Milan when the car struck a train that was stopped on the track approximately 300 feet east of N. Amos Road, according to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan.<figure>
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 </figure>Soldan said that although the crossing is marked, it does not have warning lights.Snider suffered lacerations and back pain and was transported by EMS to Salina Regional Health Center.

Sheriff: Kansas man hospitalized after car strikes a train