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  • How a Eureka railroad crossing crash left a dump truck overturned

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📰 News we're reading

• Driver hospitalized after train strikes dump truck in Eureka (kmov.com) — A dump truck driver suffered minor injuries after a train hit his truck at a private railroad crossing along West Main Street in Eureka on Thursday afternoon. Local firefighters say there was no derailment but shared photos of the heavily damaged vehicles and are urging Eureka drivers to use extreme caution at ungated, unsignaled crossings.
   

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