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Michael Cole, 55, killed when cement truck crashes with freight train on Green River Road on May 16.
The driver of a cement truck killed Friday, May 16, when a freight train struck his vehicle at an unguarded railroad crossing at Green River Golf Club has been identified as an Ontario man.
Michael Cole, 55, was pronounced dead at 12:35 p.m., according to the San Bernardino County Coroner’s office.
The BNSF train struck the Robertson’s Ready Mix truck at a crossing about 12:40 p.m. just north of the club in the 5200 block of Green River Road. The truck was delivering cement for a pipeline project, said Orange County spokeswoman Jean Pasco.
Four people are dead after a collision in Hesperia on Sunday, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said.
The crash happened at Main Street and Balsam Avenue shortly before 7 a.m. The sheriff's department says a van heading eastbound crossed over into westbound lanes for unknown reasons. The van hit a Honda and landed on top of it.
A man and a male juvenile died at the hospital. A woman and a female juvenile were pronounced dead at the scene. Their bodies remain trapped in the Honda.