Fatal Easter Accident  
By Klark Byrd <a href="mailto:kbyrd@suntelegraph.com">kbyrd@suntelegraph.com</a>
SIDNEY &#045; A 17-year-old Peetz, Colo., student lost her life on Easter Sunday when a westbound Union Pacific train struck her car as she attempted to drive over a railroad crossing three miles west of Sidney, authorities said on Tuesday.
Shortly before 6 p.m. on Sunday, Angelee B. Goranson had stopped at a railroad crossing on County Road 107, just more than a hundred feet north of U.S. Highway 30, to wait for an eastbound UP train to clear. According to the Cheyenne County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, after the train had passed, Goranson pulled onto the crossing where her 1988 Cadillac Deville was immediately struck in the passenger side by an oncoming westbound UP train.
The accident report states the impact pushed her vehicle 68 feet from the crossing where it came to rest against a telephone pole.
Emergency Response Care responded to the scene and Goranson was taken to Memorial Health Center. She passed away at some time later at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colo., authorities said.
Goranson was a junior at Peetz High School. She played volleyball this past season and in 2008, she ran track for the Peetz Bulldogs. She was employed at Wal-Mart.