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County Dump Truck Driver Dies in Heavy Fog Train Accident/Derailment at Non-Gated Crossing

(Dayton, Idaho – January 9, 2013)

The driver of a Franklin County, ID dump truck was killed instantly Wednesday morning at about 10:08 A.M. when he drove his vehicle into the side of a moving Union Pacific freight train, derailing approximately 15 rail cars, at the non-gated crossing of Idaho State Highway 36 and UPRR tracks just outside of Dayton, ID.