JEFFERSON COUNTY — An Opdyke man was taken to a St. Louis hospital after his truck struck a southbound train Saturday morning on Lang Lane west of Route 37.

Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Bullard says the office received the report at about 7:40 a.m. to the report of a 2016 Chevy truck that had struck a train. The driver of the truck has been identified as 21-year-old Cody Confer of Opdyke.

Confer was transported to a local hospital before being transferred to St. Louis for his injuries.