Minneola man struck by train

A man is in a Wichita hospital after being hit by a train in southwest Kansas shortly before noon on Saturday, authorities said.

Clark County emergency dispatch received a call from Union Pacific Railroad at 11:52 a.m. reporting that one of its trains had struck a pedestrian east of Minneola on the north side of U.S. 54, Sheriff John Ketron said in a statement posted on the Facebook page for the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.

The pedestrian, a 22-year-old man from Minneola, was taken to Minneola District Hospital for treatment and later transferred to Via Christi Medical Center-St. Francis in Wichita. He was in critical condition Saturday night, according to the hospital.

The incident remains under investigation, Ketron said.

This story was originally published June 24, 2017 at 8:48 PM with the headline "Minneola man struck by train."