LAMOILLE, Minn. – A train clipped a car on a private crossing and took off the front end. The driver, Jerome, walked away even as the train was still moving. Kwasek said he was leaving his driveway on the narrow strip of Swan Lane between the CPKC mainline and the Mississippi River, as he does almost every day. Too late he saw the train. a mixed freight, bearing down on him. He braked and put the car n reverse but not soon enough. This was about 9:30 a.m. Irony of ironies, Kwasek, age 88, was leaving to buy a lottery ticket. Not his lucky day, eh? Or maybe it was.
