Truck driver Ronald Huntoon, 54, killed when semi-truck hauling grain is hit by train near 500th Street and Rosewood Road in Walnut, Iowa
1 dead in a train vs. grain truck collision in Pott. County
Officers received reports of a semi-truck colliding with a rail train and the train dragged the semi approximately 100-150 yards, according to authorities. When first responders arrived on the scene, the truck was on fire — “fully involved,” according to law enforcement.
54-year-old man dies in train-truck collision in Pottawattamie County
The Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office said 54-year-old Ronald Huntoon, the driver of the semitrailer truck, was killed in the crash.
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