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A Carrier Mills man was hospitalized after his car was hit by a train.

The Saline Co. Sheriff’s Department says 39-year old Candaso Murphy was found with the wreckage of his van, which had struck the side of a passing train near Galatia around 3:45 am yesterday.

Murphy was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries, and was also cited for failure to yield at a train crossing.