HENDERSON COUNTY, Ky. (WEHT) - Investigators are still trying to put the pieces together to figure out what happened at a Henderson County railroad crossing Tuesday morning that led to the deaths of a father and son from Florida. The Henderson County Sheriff's Office says Basten Johnson was driving a Mercedes-Benz with his son, Basi Johnson, in the passenger seat. While attempting to cross railroad tracks at Cherry Hill Road and Robards-Busby Station Road, a train struck the vehicle in the driver's side.

The men were both pronounced dead at the scene. The two were employees for Moss Contracting, the company working on a solar project in the Robards-area. The sheriff's office says given the time of the morning, plus witnesses who were waiting to cross, driving to their work site, it is lik

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