Two injured as UP freight in Texas hits parked train

Two injured as UP freight in Texas hits parked train

By Trains Staff | April 17, 2023

| Last updated on February 5, 2024


One crew member airlifted to hospital

Union Pacific logo without sloganCHICO, Texas — Two crew members were injured Sunday evening when a Union Pacific train struck another train parked on a siding north of Fort Worth, WFAA-TV reports.

The collision occurred about 7 p.m. in Chico, about 45 miles north of Fort Worth on UP’s Duncan Subdivision, and involved a southbound train. Three locomotives and 15 grain cars derailed. KTVT reports that one of the injured crew members was airlifted to a hospital while the other was transported by ambulance. The parked train was unoccupied.

The cause is under investigation.

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