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Freight train hits flatbed truck crossing tracks in Puyallup

A driver suffered minor injuries this morning when the back end of his flatbed truck was struck by a train in Puyallup.

STACEY MULICK; Staff writer
Published: May 25, 2012 at 9:17 a.m. PDT — Updated: May 25, 2012 at 1:14 p.m. PDT
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