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A truck driver was taken to the hospital after his paving truck crashed into a train in Wilton, NH on October 17, 2012. Photo credit: Don Himsel \/ Telegraph<\/p><\/div>\n
The driver of the truck, a Sullivan employee, was injured and transported via medflight to a Massachusetts hospital. According to Wilton fire officials, the driver was conscious and alert, but complaining of pain.<\/p>\n
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Map showing location of train crash with paving truck in Wilton, NH at the Burns Hill Rd and Mill St rail crossing on October 17, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n
Officials from the Wilton Police Department, state police and the state Department of Transportation arrived on the scene by 10 a.m.<\/p>\n
Nashuatelegraph.com reports:<\/p>\n
Wilton Police Chief Brent Hautanen said an investigation showed that the light signals at the crossing were working and active when the driver of the truck tried to cross. The train collided, hitting the bed just behind the cab.<\/p>\n
Had it hit the cab, the driver likely would have died, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s very lucky,\u201d Hautanen said, adding the driver\u2019s injuries appeared to be non-life-threatening.<\/p>\n
The driver had to be helped from the truck, Deputy Fire Chief Jim Cutler said. The driver was transported by ambulance to a medlife landing area along Route 31, Cutler said.<\/p>\n
The locomotive was operated by a single engineer, said Peter Leishman, owner of the Milford- Bennington Railroad. Leishman talked to witnesses at the scene, who told him the locomotive had blasted its horn as it approached the intersection.<\/p>\n
The locomotive was traveling about 10 mph, Leishman said.<\/p>\n
Within 15 feet of the intersection, the truck went through, officials said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cThere was no chance of him stopping,\u201d Leishman said. \u201cHe hit somebody who shouldn\u2019t have been there, in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n
The incident remains under investigation at this time.<\/p>\n
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