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<< Previous   of   Next >>  Photo Gallery: Marysville Train Derailment   ADVERTISEMENT   Related Stories • Train, truck collide in Marysville 3/18/08   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 State Avenue in Marysville reopened after train accident Herald Staff MARYSVILLE – State Avenue was reopened at 2 a.m. today and train traffic was back on schedule through Marysville. The road was shut down just before 6 a.m. Monday after a freight train collided with a semi-truck loaded with frozen pizzas and cheesecakes. Three engines and one boxcar were derailed and the semi-truck was demolished. No one was seriously hurt in the collision. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. The engineer applied the emergency brakes and sounded the horn but was unable to stop for the semi-truck that was straddling the railroad tracks.

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