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A Hickory, North Carolina man is in critical condition after a train hit the car he was in early Sunday morning. It happened just before 2:30 a.m. at the Union Square crossing at 2nd St. and Main Ave NW in Hickory. The 2010 Dodge Challenger being driven by Cedric Genwright of Lenoir was stopped on the tracks when the train hit it.
Genwright and two of his passengers were able to make it out of the vehicle before the train hit, but Antonio Poston got stuck inside. The train hit the same side of the car that Poston was sitting on.Poston was taken to Frye Regional Medical Center for his injuries and was later transferred to Wake Forest Baptist University Medical Center.
At last check Poston was in critical but stable condition. Police are still investigating this case. Charges are pending at this point.
Recently, in Garner, North Carolina (N.C.) a Wake County school bus was involved in a wreck during its normal morning route. A garbage truck collided with a bus at the intersection of Creech and Old Garner roads, Garner police said. The bus was headed to Timber Drive Elementary School, Wake County public schools' spokesman Greg Thomas said.
Four of the children on the bus were taken to a nearby hospital after complaining of neck and back pain. They have since been released. The remaining 24 children were taken to school. The cause of the wreck remains under investigation