2 Killed, 3 Injured When Freight Train Derails in Small West Texas City After Collision

2 Killed, 3 Injured When Freight Train Derails in Small West Texas City After Collision
Damage to a train at the site where a freight train collided with a tractor-trailer and derailed in Reeves County, Texas on Dec. 18, 2024. Daniel Alvarado/Reeves County, Texas via AP
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Two Union Pacific employees were killed and three people were injured when a freight train collided with a tractor-trailer and derailed in a small West Texas city, authorities said Thursday.

The train derailed around 5 p.m. Wednesday in Pecos after the collision at a railway crossing, authorities said. Union Pacific, based in Omaha, Nebraska, said Thursday that two employees had been killed. Pecos Police Chief Lisa Tarango said the other injuries were minor.