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Old 05-16-2017, 12:55 PM   #1
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I posted this in the On the Road forum since we don't have an On the Track forum.
I was hoping for more pics - including the ones they broadcast but -------- maybe later. One pic showed the truck cab bent in/creased in the center with a mattress on top!
Overnight: Pickup truck struck by train in Durant
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Old 05-17-2017, 10:34 AM   #2
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Here's an update with more details (some incorrect) and more pics.
Camper smashed by train after intoxicated driver crashed truck and camper on a railroad
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Old 05-17-2017, 10:39 AM   #3
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Old 07-05-2017, 10:32 PM   #4
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"a freight train carrying coal" - yeah, the RV generally loses that argument. Thankfully the guy got out of the way.
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Old 07-05-2017, 10:55 PM   #5
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Yikes...can't even tell that it was a trailer...guys lucky to be alive. (And proof of why nobody should be inside a trailer when it's moving.)
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