VANDUSER, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a highway department worker in southeast Missouri’s Scott County was killed when the service pickup truck he was driving was hit by a train.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 55-year-old Boby Long of Sikeston died at the scene of the accident shortly before 10:30 a.m. Monday near the village of Vanduser.

The patrol says Long was driving a Ford F-350 truck when the vehicle entered the train’s path and became stuck.

Funeral arrangements are pending.