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(UPDATE) Walnut train-truck collision victim identified

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July 14th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Walnut, Iowa) -The victim of a collision Wednesday afternoon near Walnut that involved a train and a semi-tractor trailer hauling grain, was identified this (Thursday) morning, as 54-year-old Ronaldo Huntoon, of Council Bluffs. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office the accident happened at around 2:40-p.m., Wednesday, south of Walnut, on 510th Street, between Rosewood and Pinoak Roads.

The train dragged the semi approximately 100-150 yards, according to law enforcement. Authorities say when first responders arrived on the scene, the truck was on fire — “fully involved.” The train was traveling east and the grain truck was traveling south when the accident occurred.

No one on the Iowa Interstate Railroad train was injured.