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VIDEO: Two hurt when truck, train collide near Tiffin
Two people in a pickup are hospitalized after their truck was hit by a train on Tuesday.
Driver Daniel Steward, 25, of Marion, and passenger Emily Dirks, 25, of Cedar Rapids, were traveling north on Jasper Avenue near Highway 6 in Tiffin around noon when their truck stopped on the tracks.
An eastbound Iowa Interstate Railroad engine pushed the truck about 30 yards before the truck flipped onto its top.
Steward and Dirks were taken to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics with non-life-threatening injuries, the Johnson County Sheriff's Office reported. Steward was listed in good condition. No condition was available for Dirks.
The engineer of the train, Edward Bowman, and the conductor, Stanley Thomas, were uninjured, the sheriff's office said.
A citation for failing to properly stop at a railroad crossing is pending against Steward.
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A full-size pickup truck sits on its top after it was hit by a train along Jasper Ave NW, east of Tiffin, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. According to Johnson County Sheriff's Deputy Luke Hruby, a man and a woman were transported to University Hospitals with non life threataning injuries. The cause of the wreck is under investigation. (Brian Ray/The Gazette)
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