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Conductor with Concord Roots Killed in Zephyr Crash
Laurette Lee, 68, lived in Concord for 20 years, according to the Contra Costa Times.
A train crash in the Nevada desert Friday morning took the life of a conductor who had lived in Concord for 20 years, the Contra Costa Times reported Sunday.
Lauretta Lee was one of at least six people killed when a big rig plowed into the side of a west-bound Amtrak train about 70 miles east of Reno.
The Times article quotes Lee's union boss calling her a "wonderful human being." Lee last lived in South Lake Tahoe, according to the Times story.
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