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A high school senior who was off from
school on a snow day has died in a truck-train crash near Austin in
southern Minnesota.


      He was identified Wednesday as 18-year-old Joe Lewison, of Rose
Creek. He died when the pickup he was driving crashed into a train
on Mower County Road 4 near U.S. Highway 218, four miles south of
Austin, around 11:45 a.m. Tuesday.


      Lewison was a senior at Pacelli High School in Austin, which was
closed Tuesday due to the wintry weather across southern Minnesota.
He was the only person in the truck.


      Mower County Sheriff Terese Amazi says icy road conditions
played a role in the collision.


      Although the railroad crossing has stop signs and railroad
crossing signs, it does not have gates or lights.

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A high school senior who was off from
school on a snow day has died in a truck-train crash near Austin in
southern Minnesota.


18-year-old dies in truck-train crash near Austin

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