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Yet again, we have an apparent case of suicide or could there be a problem with a crossing protected by a sign? Paulina man dies in railway accident His pickup was hit by train at crossing Sunday May 25, 2003 From staff reports A Paulina man was killed Saturday morning when his pickup truck was hit by a train in St. James Parish. Parish Sheriff Willy Martin said Donald St. Pierre, 68, a maintenance worker at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Paulina, apparently did not see the train as he was crossing the tracks at David Road about 10:30 a.m. St. Pierre was headed north on David Road, the dividing line between Lutcher and Gramercy, when he was hit by the eastbound train carrying industrial products. Hitting the driver's side of the pickup, the train pushed the truck about 100 yards until the truck veered off onto a railroad spur, Martin said. The train stopped, and emergency workers called to the scene took St. Pierre to Lutcher Hospital, where he died at 11:02 a.m. No one on the train was injured, and a routine post-accident test for alcohol showed the engineer was clean, Martin said. A sign is posted at the crossing, but there are no flashing lights or dropping arms, he said.
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