an dies after his car is hit 
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an dies after his car is hit by freight train
The Associated Press
5/11/02 2:12 PM
OUNT MARION, N.Y. (AP) -- A man died early Friday morning when his car was struck by a freight train.
Erik Yuran, 40, of Saugerties, was in his car -- which was stopped on a railroad crossing -- when a southbound CSX train hit the car, police said.
Yuran was pronounced dead at the scene. No one on the 33-car train was injured, police said. The train sustained only minor damage.
Yuran was apparently driving on the wrong side of the road, according to police, which meant when he stopped on the lowered gate intended to warn drivers coming from the opposite direction, he was stopped on the tracks.
The conductor of the train that hit Yuran's car was also the conductor of the CSX train that struck a tractor-trailer on April 27 in Saugerties, killing James Webster, 42, of Hudson, The Daily Freeman of Kingston reported on Saturday.
ount Marion is 44 miles southwest of Albany.
Copyright 2002 Associated Press. All rights reserved Submitted on 05/12/2002
Submitted by:
Larry Parker
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