A Union Pacific train derailed after striking another train Sunday night in Chico, Texas.
Fifteen grain cars and three locomotives derailed in Chico on Sunday. No hazardous material was involved.Lana FergusonTwo rail employees were injured Sunday night in Chico when a pair of trains collided, causing 15 grain cars and three locomotives to derail, officials said.
A southbound Union Pacific train struck an unoccupied train parked in a siding, which is similar to a passing lane, about 7 p.m. near County Road 1540, according to a Wise County Office of Emergency Management news release. Both people injured were taken to a hospital, the release said, one by helicopter and another by ambulance. Their conditions were not immediately available Monday morning., a Union Pacific spokesperson told the Associated Press. They were the only people aboard at the time of the collision.
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