The State - News from Jan. 18, 1989
A southbound Southern Pacific freight train struck and killed 27 antelope near Tulelake after the herd stubbornly refused to leave the tracks, wildlife officials said. Robbie Robinson, a California Department of Fish and Game warden, said the antelope were run down along a 1 1/2-mile stretch of track between Tulelake, in Siskiyou County, and Canby, in Modoc County. He said the train made an effort to stop.
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