OCTOBER 18, 2023:
UNDATED (AP)- The truck driver killed when a train derailed and collapsed a bridge over Interstate 25 in Colorado has been identified as a California man. The Pueblo County coroner says the victim was 60-year-old Lafollette Henderson, of Compton. The National Transportation Safety Board announced preliminary findings Tuesday (Oct. 17, 2023) that a broken rail caused Sunday’s derailment of 30 cars from a BNSF Railway train hauling coal. Coal and mangled rail cars spilled onto the highway, and the bridge collapsed as Henderson was driving underneath. I-25 is the main north-south route through Colorado. It is expected to remain closed for several more days as crews clear debris from the site.
OCTOBER 16, 2023:
DENVER (AP) — Authorities in Colorado say the driver of a semi-trailer truck was killed when a train derailed and a bridge collapsed, spewing coal and mangled train cars across a major highway near Pueblo on Sunday (Oct. 15, 2023). Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Gayle Perez says the driver has died, but no further details were available. No other vehicles were involved. The National Transportation Safety Board is sending investigators to the site about 114 miles south of Denver. The state patrol and the sheriff’s office posted photos and videos showing a partially collapsed bridge over the interstate with the semi-truck caught beneath. Police say it was unclear when the bridge collapsed.
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