Truck crashes into historic train in Lewis County
An 82-year-old man on Saturday crashed into Chehalis No. 15, the Baldwin locomotive operated by the Chehalis-Centralia Railroad & Museum, according to the Washington State Patrol.
About 6:45 p.m. Saturday, the Curtis man was eastbound on state Route 6 at Twin Oaks road when he apparently failed to see warning lights that a train was approaching. He hit the train.
The man was injured and taken to Providence Centralia Hospital.
Truck collides with Chehalis-Centralia Railroad steam train on state Route 6 near Adna. Driver injured. pic.twitter.com/5p1fsBHaJM
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This story was originally published July 16, 2017 at 10:23 AM with the headline "Truck crashes into historic train in Lewis County."