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 #1545788  by Jeff Smith
 
via AJC.com: More than 20 cars derailed after train crashes into semitruck on tracks
Three people were rescued Wednesday morning in Duluth after a train crashed into a big rig that got stuck on the tracks and derailed, officials said.

The wreck happened about 9:45 a.m. in the 3600 block of Buford Highway near downtown Duluth, Gwinnett County fire department spokesman Lt. Donald Strother said. Chelsea Odom said she was on her morning jog when she saw the truck get caught on the track with an oversized load.
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Three people were taken to a hospital with minor injuries, Strother said, including a conductor, an engineer and the truck driver. Odom, who was not taken to the hospital, said it is fortunate that everyone got out safely.
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