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UNK student dies in train-truck collision
A collision between a Union Pacific freight train and a pickup truck Wednesday night west of Kearney has left one man dead.
19 year old Jimmy Ray Barnett was driving the pickup when it collided with the eastbound train around 8:45 at the intersection of Highway 30 and Evergreen Road. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Barnett was freshman industrial distribution major at UNK. He graduated from Garden County High School in 2011. Union Pacific Spokesman Mark Davis says no one on the train was injured and there was no derailment of the three locomotives and 123 cars full of coal. The crossing had white X markings and stop signs but no gates or flashing lights. An autopsy has been ordered by the Buffalo County Attorney's Office and will be conducted Friday. |
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