Train hits, flips pickup; driver escapes serious injury
ABERDEEN — A driver escaped serious injury Wednesday when a freight train hit his vehicle on rail tracks in front of West End Elementary School, authorities said.The crash happened about noon on N.C. 211.The unidentified driver of the Dodge Ram pickup was pulling out from a private drive onto N.C. 211 and drove into the path of the train, the Highway Patrol said.The train, which was pulling empty freight cars, was unable to stop and hit the truck, flipping it onto […]
