Train-truck wreck kills 1

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Driver killed after driving through closed RR crossing

  • THE WRECKAGE OF this truck is pictured after the collision along the railroad tracks. Anthony James Jones died in the crash.
    THE WRECKAGE OF this truck is pictured after the collision along the railroad tracks. Anthony James Jones died in the crash.
  • DPS TROOPER LANDON RABUN investigates at the scene of this train-truck accident on Friday at County Road 423 in Somerville. A Bryan man died in the accident. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
    DPS TROOPER LANDON RABUN investigates at the scene of this train-truck accident on Friday at County Road 423 in Somerville. A Bryan man died in the accident. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
The driver of an 18-wheel tractor trailer rig hauling railroad ties from the Koppers plant was killed on Friday, Sept. 13, when a BNSF train collided with the truck as he drove through a closed railroad crossing at County Road 423. Anthony James Jones, 51, of Bryan was pronounced dead at 1:13 p.m. by Burleson County Pct. 4 Justice of the Peace Robert Urbanosky. The accident occurred at 12:06 p…

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