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Proceedings began Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Reno over countersuits filed by Amtrak/Union Pacific Railroad and John Davis Trucking of Battle Mountain as a result of an Amtrak, tractor-trailer crash north of Fallon in June 2011.

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Opening statements presented in Amtrak trial

RENO (AP) — Lawyers defending a Nevada trucking firm being sued for negligence in a fiery 2011 crash with an Amtrak train told jurors Tuesday that Union Pacific Railroad officials manipulated or destroyed evidence that would have proved a malfunctioning crossing gate and signal lights were responsible for the deaths of the truck driver and five people on board the California Zephyr.

• By ncs-import
• August 5, 2014