Train collides with semi stuck on tracks

Pryor train v. semi


Photographer: KJRH
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Posted: 02/06/2012

PRYOR, Okla. - A semi driver escaped injury Monday when a train collided with his trailer.

Pryor police say the semi's driver was traveling eastbound on Highway 20 when his trailer became stuck on train tracks.

The driver attempted to remove the trailer but had to abandon it when a train approached.

A Union Pacific train collided with the semi around 9 a.m.

No one was injured in the accident.

2NEWS viewer Bruce Taylor emailed the attached video, which shows the mangled semi.  Click on the video above to see the wreckage.

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