TRAIN TAKES OUT TRASH

January 22, 2013

A crash between a tractor trailer and a train in Lyndonville closed Route 5 for much of yesterday afternoon. Photo: Michael Howard/Lyndon State College News 7 Reporter

LYNDONVILLE - A southbound train at the Red Village Road Crossing on Route 5 in Lyndonville spilt a 51-foot trailer in half yesterday.
Clement Charbonneau, 54, of Coaticook, Quebec, was towing the trailer with a Freightliner when a car distracted him. By the time Charbonneau looked up, it was too late.
Train crew members Mark Fortin and Dana Cheney told police they were proceeding south when the driver of the semi drove in front of them.
Read the rest of this story in Wednesday's Newport Daily Express for Jan. 23, 2013.