UPDATE @12:30 p.m.
Capt. Moore is not back to work yet, but he hopes to get cleared by a doctor for light duty next week. During his conversation Monday morning with reporter John Bedell, he said there’s a a gash on his head and 25 stitches from where the front of the semi trailer hit him. He’s also got a broken left hand.
He was on U.S. 35 on Jan. 8 directing traffic after a crash near some railroad tracks when he was struck. A semi crossed the tracks, got stuck in between the railroad crossing arms and before Moore could clear the tracks, the train hit the semi, sending it flying into Moore.
The video from his crusier cam, which you can watch here, shows him being thrown to the right of your screen, tumbling and almost getting run over as he comes to rest against a bush. He had the chance to watch the video for the first time Monday.
“It’s scary,” he said. “I didn’t realize I was that … I guess getting hit by it’s one thing — because I got hit by the right front of the semi — and then rolling along the semi — it’s amazing I didn’t get ran over by it. Especially when I see I’m within a couple feet of the trailer.”
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UPDATE @10:24 a.m. (Jan. 25)
In response to a public records request, we have obtained cruiser cam from an accident that occurred Jan. 8 that involved a train, a semitrailer and Preble County Sheriff Capt. Brad Moore.
NewsCenter 7’s John Bedell has an exclusive interview with Moore this morning in Eaton at the Sheriff’s Office.
The video — which we were the only media outlet to request it — is 31 minutes long.
Moore was thrown nearly 40 feet when he was struck by the semitrailer that was hit by a train. The crash happened on U.S. 35 at West Lexington Road, near the Henny Penny Corp.
The video shows Moore being hit by the truck. Moore received 25 stitches on his head but he did not suffer any broken bones.
Moore is not back to work yet. Once he is cleared by a doctor, Moore will be back on light duty at the Sheriff’s Office.
UPDATE @ 11:27 a.m. (Jan. 9): Capt. Brad Moore hopes to be released today from the Kettering Medical Center after he was kept there overnight for observation, Preble County Sheriff Mike Simpson said.
Moore received 25 stitches on his head but he did not suffer any broken bones, Simpson said.
UPDATE @ 1:45 a.m. (Jan. 9): Preble County Sheriff Capt. Brad Moore was thrown nearly 40 feet when he was struck by a semitrailer that was hit by a train Friday afternoon.
State troopers said in a release the 40-year-old Moore was transported first to the Preble County Medical Center before being transferred to Kettering Medical Center for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
The semi driver, identified as Richard Palmer, 73, of Indianapolis, was not injured in the crash.
Alcohol and speed are not believed to be factors and crash remains under investigation by the Dayton Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
UPDATE @ 8:30 p.m. (Jan 8): The Preble County Sheriff's deputy injured when he was hit by a semitrailer at the railroad tracks was identified as Capt. Brad Moore, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
UPDATE @ 7:20 p.m.: Whether anyone will be cited in the train-semitrailer accident that sent a Preble County sheriff's deputy to a hospital will be determined by the Ohio Highway Patrol investigation, said Sgt. Jerod Keyes of the Dayton post.
The deputy was hit by the semitrailer as he stood in the roadway on U.S. 35 at West Lexington Road, frantically waving the big rig to continue across railroad tracks as the crossing gates were coming down and a freight train was approaching, Keyes said.
Keyes said the impact of the collision involving the train and the semi caused the trailer to shift and hit the deputy. The train was estimated to be traveling at 25 mph to 29 mph. Neither the semi driver nor anyone on the train’s crew was injured.
At the time of the accident, two deputies were handling a crash on U.S. 35 just west of the railroad tracks that involved a pickup truck and a vehicle, Keyes said. That was at 3:30 p.m. They were directing traffic around the accident scene when one of the deputies waived the semitrailer to come across the tracks about 4:20 p.m.
“The semi hesitates, becomes stuck on the tracks and the crossing arms begin to come down,” Keyes said. “For some reason, the truck driver hesitated. May be he thought he was clear.”
Keyes said the conductor and crew “saw the semi on the tracks. They tried to slow down the best they could.”
EARLIER, @ 6:30 p.m.:
The deputy injured when he was hit by a semitrailer at the railroad tracks suffered a head injury and has been taken to Kettering Medical Center, Preble County Sheriff Mike Simpson said.
Simpson said he would not be releasing the deputy’s name.
The crash happened on U.S. 35 at West Lexington Road, near the Henny Penny Corp. West Lexington Road, between U.S. 35 and Park Avenue, remains closed for the accident investigation.