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May-30-2007 12:23printcomments

Train Crashes Into Fertilizer Truck North of Keizer

Marion County Fire District Spokesman Bob Jung says cleanup work is continuing at this time. River Road N. is closed while that work continues.

Train crash Keizer, Oregon 53007
Crash scene photo courtesy: Chief Roy Hari/Marion County Fire District

(KEIZER, Ore.) - Nobody was hurt today when a freight train hit the back of a fertilizer truck that was making its way over the tracks at River Road N. and Brooklake Road at 8:40 AM this morning.

Bob Jung with the Marion County Fire District says the train struck the rear trailer of the fertilizer truck which was not carrying any hazardous materials, instead loaded with inert fertilizer.

Jung says it is fortunate that it went the way it did. The trailer that the train slammed into was destroyed. It does appear that the trailer's becoming disconnected allowed the driver to walk away unscathed.

No word yet as to why the crash happened, but it does appear that the truck driver, who works for Fitzmaurice Fertilizer Inc., failed to yield for the southbound Pacific Western train.

Jung says cleanup work is continuing at this time. River Road N. is closed while that work continues.




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