Rail cars are strewn about Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, in a sparsely populated area about 18 miles west of Cheyenne, Wyo., after a freight train crashed into the back of another freight train the night before. The crashed killed at least one crew member with another missing and derailing more than 50 train cars.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Railroaders are looking in to what caused one Union Pacific train to crash into another Oct. 4, killing at least one crew member.
A rail observer reports that an eastbound UP train headed to Cheyenne from Green River, Wyo., struck a parked train at a high rate of speed last Thursday about 18 miles west of Cheyenne. The crash killed one crew person and damaged locomotives and freight cars.
Friends and family of the deceased crew member are gathering monetary and food support for the crew member’s immediate family in the coming weeks.
A Union Pacific representative did not respond to an email requesting comment.
