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Train barrels into pickup truck near Denair

According to the CHP officer on scene, a man driving the white pickup was stopped on the tracks at the private railroad crossing located between East Ave., and Cortez Ave., along Santa Fe Rd. to look at a map and saw the train coming when he looked up and was able to get out of the pickup without injury before the train hit his vehicle. The train stopped about a mile south of the private drive near Cortez Ave., Friday, March 21, 2008. (Debbie Noda/The Modesto Bee
Modesto Bee

Driver escapes injury

last updated: March 21, 2008 03:35:27 PM

DENAIR -- A man who reportedly stopped his pickup truck on train tracks to read a map about noon today narrowly avoided injury when a freight train came.

The train barreled into the white pickup moments after the man got out, according to an officer with the California Highway Patrol.

The man was stopped at a private crossing on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad track south of Denair about noon, then looked up to see the train coming, according to the CHP.

As of about 1:30 p.m., the tracks were still blocked near Cortez Avenue. It was unclear whether Amtrak, which shares the same line, would be delayed. An Amtrak spokesman could not be reached for comment early this afternoon.

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