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Train hits SUV, driver killed

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Lynn Bonner - Staff writer

A train traveling though Morrisville struck a vehicle at about 2:30 p.m., killing the driver.

Police said the SUV's driver, a 53-year-old man, was the only person killed. He was driving on Barbee Road when his vehicle was struck by a westbound freight train.

No one else was injured, police said.

The accident remains under investigation, police said. The man's name is being withheld pending notification of the family.

lbonner@newsobserver.com

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