Robert Garrison is a Colorado native who grew up in Montrose and attended Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction. He is an AP award-winning journalist who joined Denver7 in August 2016 after working for several other stations across Colorado and Oklahoma over the past decade.
A semi-truck driver was killed when a train derailed and a bridge collapsed, spewing coal and mangled train cars across I-25, Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Gayle Perez told the Associated Press by phone on Monday. He was identified by the Pueblo County Coroner as Lafollette Henderson, 60, of Compton, California.
The derailment occurred near Mile Marker 107 and prompted the closure of the interstate at 4:45 p.m. Half a dozen train cars and the coal they were carrying remain scattered across both lanes of I-25, according to Amber Shipley, a spokesperson with the Colorado Department of Transportation . The train consisted of five locomotives and 124 cars carrying coal. A total of 30 cars derailed.
BNSF Railway on Sunday evening issued the following statement:"BNSF can confirm at approximately 4:30 p.m. CST Sunday, Oct. 15, a train carrying coal derailed on a bridge over I-25 just north of Pueblo, Colorado. There are no reported injuries to BNSF crew. The cause is under investigation. BNSF personnel are on site working with responding agencies to clear the incident as safely as possible.
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