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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu Apr 12, 2018, 01:44 PM Apr 2018

Tie goes to the train.

Not meant to be humorous, but as a reminder that train v. car almost always turns out badly for the driver. This time, the owner was lucky.

Hurricane is a town in West Virginia near Charleston, not the weather conditionPhoto courtesy WSAZ-TV

Truck totaled after struck by train in Hurricane



Photo courtesy WSAZ-TV

This what was left of the truck after it was struck by a train and flipped in Hurricane Monday.

By MetroNews Staff in News | April 09, 2018 at 5:45PM

HURRICANE, W.Va. — A man says he got his truck too close to the train tracks in Hurricane Monday afternoon.

A train struck the truck just off of state Route 34 near Hurricane High School. He was still inside when the collision occurred. The truck flipped but he was not injured.

The collision occurred at about 3:45 p.m.
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