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IXONIA, Wis., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A 44-year-old Wisconsin man was killed when an Amtrak train hit his truck at a railroad crossing Thursday, authorities said.
Michael Dragan of Oconomowoc, Wis., had driven down a private driveway that crosses railroad tracks in Ixonia in southern Wisconsin when the train hit his 2007 truck about 4:42 p.m., Jefferson County Sheriff Paul Milbrath told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Dragan was pronounced dead at the scene.
Nobody was injured on the Amtrak train, a westbound Empire Builder carrying 326 passengers, Amtrak spokeswoman Vernae Graham said.
The train, which was en route from Chicago to Seattle, stopped at the scene about four hours while authorities investigated the crash.
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