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    One dead and another injured after train strikes semi-truck in Iowa
    • June 3, 2026

    VICTOR, Iowa (AP) — A train struck a semi-truck in eastern Iowa on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring another, authorities said.

    The crash occurred at the crossing of a state highway and the Iowa Interstate Railroad in a rural area about 70 miles east of Des Moines, according to Poweshiek County Sheriff Matt Maschmann.

    One person in the semi-truck died and another was transported with “serious injuries,” Maschmann said in a statement.

    Seventeen train cars and two power engines derailed after the crash and caused “significant damage” to the railroad, he said. Images of the scene showed a massive heap of railcars with billowing smoke.

    No hazardous material was spilled, according to Iowa State Patrol spokesman Sgt. Alex Dinkla.

     Orange County Register 

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