On Sunday
morning, two freight trains crashed head-on into each other before exploding on directly
on the rail tracks, close the small town of Goodwell in Oklahoma (USA).
Image c/o Daily Mail |
Three Union
Pacific employees have been missing since the disastrous event and are believed
to be dead. The only known survivor – also a Union Pacific employee – said that
he was able to escape the fatale collision by jumping of one of the trains
before the crash.
Approximately
50 volunteer fire fighters from five towns near Goodwell (OK) have been trying
to put out the blazes of the exploded ten freight rail-cars and three
locomotives since early Sunday morning. It is believed that two people were
operating each train – a conductor and an engineer. However, the local police
does not believe that the three missing employees survived.
“We believe we’ll find their remains in the wreckage if there’s anything left to find”, said Tropper Betsy Randolph, Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
On Sunday
evening, investigators of the National Transportation Safety Board arrived in
Guymon airport (OK) to investigate the freight train disaster.
Source:
Reuters.com
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