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Railroad Settles with Family of Worker Killed in 2009 Crash

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Union Pacific Railroad will pay $650,000 to the family of a man killed in a Blue Earth County train crash.

43 year–old Todd Ziegler, along with 42–year–old Jack Baker, was in a county dump truck that was struck by three locomotives near Lake Crystal in July 2009.

Ziegler family attorneys hope the settlement will prompt the railroad to address the lack of crossing arms and lights at the junction, because they say train whistles aren't enough.

Lawyer Scott Kelly says,''And the information we have through our investigation indicates that when you're in a commercial vehicle, including a school bus, it's often impossible to hear any railroad horn or whistle. And some people may find that hard to believe, you just have to be in one and close it up, and listen. You can't hear."

That railroad crossing was the only one in the area that didn't have lights or crossing arms.

Union Pacific did not comment on the settlement.