Man in pickup truck seriously injured in train collision near Westfir, OR

Modified Date: 
Wed, 08/27/2014 - 7:02pm
Accident Date: 
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Train strikes pickup truck in Lane County, seriously injuring driver

Lt. Gregg Hastings, a spokesman for the Oregon State Police, said the man's pickup truck was stopped on the tracks on U.S. Forest Service Road 5821 when it was struck by a westbound Union Pacific train at 10:45 a.m.
A man trapped inside a pickup truck parked on train tracks is struck by a train and severely injured. He had to be air-lifted to Sacred Heart Medical Center.
Area: 
Eugene, OR

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