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Semi driver hauling fracking water dies in crash with train

The truck driver’s identity will be released after the Weld County coroner notifies his next of kin.

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The driver of a semi-tractor trailer hauling fracking water died Sunday when a two-car Great Western train hit the truck at a railroad crossing in northwest Greeley.

Lt. Rick Cudworth with the Greeley Fire Department said the collision happened about 3:15 p.m. when the train, which was headed east struck the semi, which then rolled into a ditch.

The Weld County coroner identified the driver as Obed Bermudez, 59, of LaSalle. No one in the train was injured, Cudworth said.

Greeley Police Lt. Scott Smith said the investigation is ongoing.

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