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Snyder, OK Train and Truck Collide, Aug 1945

Posted October 21st, 2008 by Stu Beitler

TRUCK DRIVER DIES IN ROAD COLLISION.

Snyder, Okla., Aug. 15. -- (AP) -- BILLY JOHN DUNCAN, 18, Cyril, Okla., was killed yesterday when the fuel oil truck he was driving and a Frisco train collided near here.
The force of the collision threw DUNCAN 46 feet. The impact broke the couplings on a coal car and sent it down the tracks where it overturned and fell into a ditch.
The nearby ground was soaked with 3,330 gallons of fuel oil but it did not ignite.

The Ada Weekly News Oklahoma 1945-08-16
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!

Were any railroad men

On November 7th, 2008 Anonymous (not verified) says:

Were any railroad men injured in this wreck that you know of?

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