BUTLER COUNTY — Law enforcement in Butler County have released the name of the driver who died in an accident just before 10a.m. Tuesday in Butler County as 38-year-old Karel Munoz Rosales of Houston, Texas, according to Butler County Undersheriff Daimon Cundiff.
The semi pulling an empty flatbed trailer and driven by Rosales had pulled up to the railroad crossing at S. Douglas Road and S. Sunset Road, inside HF Sinclair Refinery, in El Dorado and began to cross.
The semi stopped and Rosales tried to reverse, indicating he may have realized there was not enough time to cross in front of the southbound train.
Rosales was unable to get off the tracks in time and the train crashed into the passenger side of the semi. Rosales was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene, according to Cundiff.
There were no hazardous chemicals or materials involved with either the train or the tractor-trailer.
In addition to Butler County Sheriff’s Deputies, Butler County EMS and El Dorado Fire Department assisted at the scene.