Train Derails After Striking Truck in Tennessee; 2 Injured

Train Derails After Striking Truck in Tennessee; 2 Injured
A Hamilton County Emergency car in Chattanooga, Tenn., in June 2019. Google Maps
The Associated Press
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COLLEGEDALE, Tenn.—Two train employees were injured in Tennessee when a train hit a semi-truck that was sitting on the tracks waiting for a traffic light to change, causing three locomotives and 10 railroad cars to derail.

The collision left “a disastrous mess” Tuesday in Collegedale, a suburb of Chattanooga, the Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management said in a statement. The freight train hit a truck carrying a 134-foot (41-meter) concrete truss bridge beam, the statement said.