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title: "Executive Briefing: Nevada Tragedy Lends a Costly Lesson"
description: This weekend tragedy struck as a semi-truck plowed into the side of an Amtrak train in Nevada. Our thoughts and prayers are with those families who lost loved ones in this accident. The accident graphically illustrates the need for shippers to be diligent in hiring only carriers with a proven safety record to move freight and to avoid catastrophes such as this.
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# *Executive Briefing:* Nevada Tragedy Lends a Costly Lesson

*June 2011*

This weekend tragedy struck as a semi-truck plowed into the side of an Amtrak train in Nevada. Our thoughts and prayers are with those families who lost loved ones in this accident. The accident graphically illustrates the need for shippers to be diligent in hiring only carriers with a proven safety record to move freight and to avoid catastrophes such as this.

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