A fatality train accident occurred December 26 at approximately 9:45 p.m. A Kansas City Southern locomotive driven by Ronnie L. Clift, 63, Baxter Springs, was traveling south on the railroad tracks west of Missouri Highway 43, one mile North of Joplin, Mo. He struck a pedestrian on the tracks. Ranon J. Chiles, 26, Sarcoxie, Mo., was transported to the Jasper County Coroner’s Office. Missouri Highw…