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Sunday, March 9, 2014Area:
Oklahoma City, OKThe Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a 24-year-old Arkansas man was killed when his truck was hit by an oncoming freight train.
The highway patrol says Cort Houston Daugherty of Huntsville died in the collision Monday in the northern Oklahoma town of Medford. According to the highway patrol, Daugherty was driving west on Oklahoma Highway 11 when he failed to yield to a Union Pacific train.
A spokeswoman for Union Pacific stated that the train had two locomotives and 71 empty rail cars. The company says the crossing had flashing lights and warning signs.