11-22-13 nfdl man involved in train vs pickup accident dies from injuries

A  North Fond du lac man involved in a train vs pickup truck  accident in Fond du Lac County this month has died from his injuries.  Authorities say 63 year old Timothy Morris died Wednesday at Theda Clark Regional Medical Center in Neenah.   Investigators say Morris failed to stop at a stop sign before his pickup truck was struck  by  the train.  Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says prior to the crash Morris had stopped at  a residence a couple hundred feet from the crossing.  Olig says investigators still don’t know why Morris failed to stop at the tracks or if he realized a train was approaching the crossing and now will probably never know.