Truck Driver Killed in Crash with Train in LA.

WALKER, La. — A truck driver has been killed in a collision with a train in Walker, La.

Walker police Chief Hunter Grimes says the driver was slowly crossing the tracks when his tanker truck was hit Monday morning by a Canadian National train in the southern Louisiana town.

Police later identified the dead man as Timothy Sumner, 38, of Gretna, La.

It was the second fatal train accident in the region in less than a week. Two people were killed when a car was hit by an Amtrak train June 4.

As reported by the AP on Jun. 9, 2008

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