A Union Pacific train collided with a tractor-trailer hauling heavy equipment in Pecos, Texas, Wednesday, killing two train employees and causing damage to a nearby building. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating why the tractor-trailer was stopped on the tracks.
Damage to a train is seen at the site where a freight train collided with a tractor-trailer and derailed in Reeves County, Texas on Wednesday, 18, 2024. between at Union Pacific train and a tractor-trailer hauling a heavy equipment said Friday they were trying to determine why the tractor-trailer was stopped on the tracks, leading to the crash that derailed the train and propelled the heavy equipment into the air.
Two employees of Omaha, Nebraska-based Union Pacific were killed in the collision Wednesday at a railway crossing in Pecos. The National Transportation Safety Board said the tractor-trailer was on the tracks for about a minute before the collision.The train was traveling at about 68 mph before the crew applied emergency brakes prior to impact, the NTSB said.The collision caused the heavy equipment to fly into a nearby building, NTSB said.
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