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Semi-Truck Hits Train on Highway 80 in Midland: What Happened, Who Is Responsible, and What You Need to Do Now If you or someone in your family was in that truck on April 1, 2026 — the one that hit the train at ECR 1130 and Highway 80 — you are reading this at a kitchen table or a hospital bedside, and you are probably being told that the injuries were “minor.” The Midland Fire Department had to cut that person out of the vehicle. The tracks were closed for most of the afternoon. A semi-truck does not collide with a train at a rural Permian Basin grade crossing and walk away clean, no matter what the first assessment said. We are writing this for you, and for anyone who finds themselves in a commercial-vehicle wreck like this one in Midland County, because the decisions you make in the next two weeks will decide whether the truth of what happened survives or disappears. Here is the first thing you need to hear: the scene-level “minor injuries” label is a preliminary triage word, not a medical conclusion. A person trapped in a commercial vehicle that struck a train with enough force…