Authorities: Truck driver found dead in vehicle on railroad tracks

Authorities say a truck driver was found dead in his truck on the Union Pacific Railroad tracks west of Highway 30 and Highway 11.

At 6:25 a.m. Friday, Hall County Sheriff’s deputies responded after a truck was reported stopped on the tracks. When the deputies arrived it was determined that the 2012 Mack dump truck pulling a pup trailer was eastbound on Highway 30. The driver apparently had a medical issue that caused him to leave the roadway and come to rest on the railroad tracks.

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The driver of the truck, Gary Rouse, 64, from Gibbon, was pronounced dead at the scene.