3 freight trains collide in Texas, 4 crew hurt
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Before dawn Wednesday in Texas panhandle Three freight train collision derailed 30 cars and four crew members were injured, including two critically.
East of the BNSF train rear-ended the train stopped, the eastern Amarillo, and then after a while westbound train collided with two train wreck, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Accident report shortly after 4:30 am
"Wreckage was misplaced, said:" The DPS officer Chris Ray.
Ray said that four people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
"It sounds like thunder," truck driver who is in the vicinity of Sandy Strickland, when the accident occurred, told the Amarillo global news.
Joe "Faust", Fort Worth BNSF spokesman said that no harmful substances spilled train hauling flatbed truck trailer carrying a car.
Federal Railroad Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board sent inspectors to the scene.
Preliminary estimates indicate that 20 to 30 cars derailed, Faust said. KFDA-TV reported on its side for at least one locomotive.
Rail traffic diversion, there is no immediately clear track schedules, Faust said.
No nearby residents due to the risk of accident.