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A young Nebraska woman and her little sister were nearly killed on Sunday when the car the two were riding in was rear-ended and pushed into a moving train crossing through a small Nebraska town.

Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s Department officials announced on Tuesday that a 2019 Jeep Cherokee driven by 22-year-old Janet Spengler of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, was struck by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train traveling east around 10:45 p.m. on Sunday in Minatare, Nebraska.

Spengler had stopped her vehicle at a railroad crossing due to the passing train when she was rear-ended by a 1989 Toyota pickup truck driven by David Bollman, 53, of Minatare.

Spengler’s vehicle was pushed into the side of the moving train. However, Spengler and her little sister, Jenna Spengler, were not injured in the crash.

Mike Spengler, the father of Janet and Jenna, posted photos of the crash to social media over the weekend and said the girls were on their way back from a rodeo in Bridgeport, Nebraska, about 40 miles away.

“I had told her she could go, but preferably with her sister Janet, because she’s older and her car is safer,” Mike Spengler said. “There’s bound to be idiots out. Well, dad was right about everything. They were rear-ended and pushed into the train by Minatare.”

Mike Spengler credited the girls’ great-uncle for putting them in the “right car” and said that other than being stiff and sore, the two young women were doing “OK so far” and he hoped this was the worst of the situation.

Bollman did sustain minor facial injuries due to not wearing a seatbelt and hitting the wheel of his vehicle. Both cars were totaled in the crash.

Bollman was arrested that night for his second offense of driving under the influence, careless driving, having an open container of alcohol while driving and not wearing a seatbelt.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, there are about 5,800 train vs. car crashes every year, most of which occur at railroad crossings.

Second DUI, he ought to do serious jail time, but likely will not

Too bad the girls were in the way- - - -otherwise he might have driven right into the moving train and solved his DUI problems for good!

Our DUI laws suuuck, these killers are rarely given more than a slap on the wrist with a wet noodle.

""According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, there are about 5,800 train vs. car crashes every year, most of which occur at railroad crossings."

Yeah...that's where the focus needs to be, good job news article writer people.

Where are all of the posts attempting to deflect the issue away from the "inalienable right of hard-working good-old boys to drive drunk" by pointing out all of the accidents caused by cell phone users?

And having thorough research.


Who’s have thunk it , that most train vs car crashes occur at RR crossings….

A cattle buyer friend drove into the side of a moving train in Wolf Point once.


ALLEGEDLY he had been partaking in the grape.

Most drownings happen in water

My best friend from boyhood days until mid life was killed by a drunk driver.

FUG anyone who drives impaired! I hope you're killed in a one-car crash that kills only you.

It is against the law you know.....

These a-holes should get lead poisoning...

Hey, they are connecting the dots for us dummies.

One of my high school coaches had the exact same thing happen to him. He died