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Truck driver reports damaging railroad crossing gates that lowered while he was in crossing

By Howard B. Owens

A truck driver passing through a railroad crossing in Bergen tells dispatchers that his tractor-trailer was still in the crossing when the gates came down.

He had not choice but to continue through the crossing to avoid being hit by a train.

The gates were damaged. He's waiting roadside. A deputy is responding. The railroad company has been notified.

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