Train-Truck Crash Ignites Giant Fireball, Kills Three
<i> United Press International</i>
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. —
A freight train slammed into a tanker-truck at a railroad crossing Tuesday, igniting a giant fireball that killed at least three people aboard the engines, authorities said. Eleven firefighters were injured when extinguishing the flash fire that roared over three of the CSX train’s four engines.
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