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CORONA, Calif. (AP) — Gene Maxwell’s light plane is a wreck. It seems that a train hit it.
Maxwell, 31, was practicing landings when he lost power, brushed some trees and made a near-perfect forced landing—except for one detail. He landed on the Santa Fe right-of-way.
While he was checking his plane and his only injury, a scratched arm, he heard a train whistle. He and several bystanders were still trying to drag the two-seater off the tracks when a freight train, bound for Santa Ana, Calif., reached the scene.
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