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Ottumwan injured in train collision
CLARKS, Neb. — The Nebraksa State Patrol says an Iowa truck driver suffered a broken leg when his tractor-trailer was rammed by a train in east-central Nebraska.
The patrol says the trucker turned too tightly off U.S. Highway 30 near Clarks at 1:22 a.m. Thursday and got stuck in a culvert.
That kept him from moving his truck off railroad tracks in time to escape being hit by the eastbound train.
A patrol dispatcher identified the driver as 63-year-old Ival McVey of Ottumwa.
McVey, who also suffered cuts to his face, was taken to a Central City, Neb. hospital, then to a Lincoln, Neb., hospital.
His family told the Courier he has three broken ribs and that he fractured his spine in three places. McVey also suffered multiple leg fractures. The family said he is “lucky to be alive.”
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