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FLATBED SEMI TRAILER CUT IN HALF IN COLLISION WITH TRAIN NEAR AUTOCAR

(Hagerstown, IN)--There was a collision between a semi and a train in Hagerstown early Wednesday morning.  It happed at about ten minutes after midnight Wednesday morning.  An empty flatbed semi was crossing the tracks on Washington Street to make a pickup at Autocar.  But, the trailer became stuck on the tracks.  It remained there for ten minutes until an oncoming train slammed broadside into the trailer.  The impact cut the trailer in half, with one half ending up on each side of the tracks.  Neither the semi driver nor people on the train were hurt.