Train Derailment in Wisconsin Sends Railcars Into Mississippi River

Recovery work is shown at the scene of a train derailment along Hwy 35 in Crawford County just south of DeSoto, Wis., on April 27, 2023. Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP

A freight train derailed in Crawford County, Wisconsin, on Thursday, sending two locomotives into the Mississippi River, according to BNSF Railway.

The derailment occurred on the eastern edge of the Mississippi River, near De Soto, around 30 miles south of La Crosse.