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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

'Unbreakable': driver walks away from truck-train crash

It's rare, but it happens. No one was hurt when a truck hauling lumber collided with a moving freight train in south Georgia.

The Georgia State Patrol said 44-year-old Nathaniel Swan of Albany slammed into the railroad car at a crossing in rural Terrell County. It happened just before 10 a.m. Monday.

Troopers said the crash occurred when Swan swerved to avoid a pickup truck that had stopped at the railroad crossing.

Swan was walking around the wreckage when emergency crews arrived at the scene.

The rail car was hauling sulfur and had minor damage. But Swan's 18-wheeler was heavily damaged.

(The Associated Press)

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