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Patrol releases name of man killed at railroad yard

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say a man killed at Union Pacific’s railroad yard in western Nebraska’s North Platte was run over by a fuel truck.

The Nebraska State Patrol confirmed the victim of the accident was Ryan Ziel.

Patrol spokesman Cody Thomas said Tuesday that the 42-year-old Ziel was driving the truck Saturday when he stopped to do a refueling. Thomas says Ziel got out of the truck and then it ran over him. Thomas says investigators aren’t sure why the truck started moving.

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