PACIFIC JUNCTION, Iowa — Two crew members are reported to have been injured in a Friday morning collision of two BNSF Railway trains at Pacific Junction, about 18 miles south of Omaha, Neb.
BNSF reports an empty coal train hit the back of a mixed freight train at about 7 a.m. local time, derailing the two locomotives on the coal train, as well as 11 cars from that train and five from the manifest freight.
The railroad reports the two crew members on the coal train were taken to a local hospital for evaluation; KMA Radio quotes Mills County emergency management specialist Gabe Barney as saying two individuals were treated for minor injuries. KMA News also reports manifest freight reportedly included cars carrying ethanol, but those cars remained on the tracks.
BNSF says railroad responders are on the scene and an investigation is under way.
