BREAKING: One hurt and three missing after two trains collide head-on in Texas, causing terrifying fireball and massive box-car pile-up
Crash occurred at 8:40am Tuesday between two trains near the town of Panhandle, near Amarillo, Texas
One person has been injured and three more are reported missing in the collision; all are BNSF Railway train crew
Each train had two crew. The injured man jumped from his train before the two collided
Eyewitnesses said that the crash resulted in a fireball, and firefighters are struggling to put out the blaze
The trains were hauling a variety of commercial goods on the track, which runs parallel to US Route 60
Locals have been told the turn off sprinklers as the battle against the blaze is draining the local water supply
No cause for the crash has yet been given by federal authorities and no fatalities yet confirmed
By JAMES WILKINSON
DAILYMAIL.COM
28 June 2016
One person was injured and three people left missing after two BNSF Railway trains suffered a head-on train collision near Amarillo, Texas, leading to a massive pile-up of box cars and a huge inferno that has cloaked the sky in black smoke.
The collision, which occurred Tuesday morning near the town of Panhandle, about 25 miles northeast of Amarillo, resulted in at least two dozen box cars being crumpled and derailed, as well as the reported casualties, all of whom were train crew.
BNSF Railway spokesman Joe Faust said the collision happened at about 8:40 am Tuesday. State, railroad and federal authorities have not provided details on the cause of the crash.
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