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Train Crashes into Tractor-Trailer in Randolph County, 1 Hospitalized: NCSHP

The crash happened near the Cedar Square Exit on Highway 311 around 11:30.
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GLENOLA, N.C. — A train collided with a tractor-trailer in Randolph County Thursday morning. 

The crash happened on Glenola Industrial Drive near Highway 311 in Glenola around 11:30. 

A Freightliner tractor-trailer, driven by Wade Keith Dinger, Jr. of Asheboro, was traveling southwest on Glenola Industrial Drive according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Dinger failed to yield to a train, that hit the back part of the enclosed trailer that was loaded with foam. Dinger sustained minor injuries and was taken to Randolph Hospital.

The tractor-trailer was operated by Future Foam of High Point. Glenn Davis Gibson of Greensboro was the engineer for the train, operated by Norfolk Southern.

Charges are pending.

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