World News | 2 injured in Texas freight train collision, no dangerous goods on board

AUSTIN, April 17 (AP) — Two railroad employees were injured in a train collision and subsequent derailment Sunday night in Texas, according to a company official.

A Union Pacific freight train collided with an unmanned train that was parked on a railroad line around 7 p.m. in Chico, Texas, Union Pacific spokeswoman Kristen South said in an email to The Associated Press.

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A locomotive engineer and conductor are being treated for injuries after a southbound train derailed after an accident near County Highway 1540. South said no one else was on the freight train.

One patient was airlifted to the hospital by helicopter and the other was transported by ambulance to Wise Health System in Decatur, Texas, Wise County Emergency Operations Center said in a statement.

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South said three locomotives and about 15 grain trucks derailed, but nothing dangerous was on board the train.

Asked about the speed of the train at the time of the crash, Nan said Union Pacific was investigating the cause of the crash and no other information was available at the time.

Wise County Office of Emergency Management, Wise County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Department of Public Safety, and fire departments from Chico, Bridgeport, Bridgeport Lake, and Sand Flats, Texas The crash site responded. (Associated Press)

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