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Bill: what wassed this. do we know yet? >> reporter: it's still under investigation. they have investigators on the scene. they are saying the truck crossed the railroad traction at a 90-degree angle. apparently there was no mechanism in place to warn of an oncoming train. >> the crossing where the accident occurred was a private grade crossing. it had a stop sign there, but it had no signals, no bells, or no lights. >> reporter: investigators should know more about the crash after they examine data that will reveal the train's speed and a video recorded by a camera mounted on the front of the...

Those that have been evacuated directly to hospitals, i don't have any accurate information on that. >> the mayor of nearby lakewood dawn anderson raised the alarm about needing more safety protocols for this train. he told komo news, and i'm quoting him now, this project was never needed and endajs our citizens. do you agree? >> i know don anderson well. when that issue came up, my city joined the city of lakewood in a lawsuit to try to stop it. that was not going to happen. the issue is that there are several at grade crossings in the city of lakewood and one at grade crossing in dupont, so ...

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