Trucking firm countersues Union Pacific, blames crew and crossing design for fatal Texas crash

Trucking firm countersues Union Pacific, blames crew and crossing design for fatal Texas crash

By | December 8, 2025

The engineer and conductor were killed in the December 2024 collision between a UP Z-train and a piece of heavy equipment on a semi-truck at a grade crossing in Pecos, Texas

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