Truck Driver Involved in Tennessee Train Derailment Charged

Overturned train cars rest along the tracks at the site of the train derailment at the intersection of the tracks with Apison Pike, Tenn., on Dec. 21, 2022. Matt Hamilton/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP

COLLEGEDALE, Tenn.—The driver of a semi-truck involved in a Tennessee train derailment that left two train workers injured has been charged.

Collegedale Police arrested the driver and charged him with failure to yield, a registration violation and felony reckless endangerment, news outlets reported on Wednesday.