Engineer Killed, 4 Hurt as Freight Trains Collide
From Times Wire Reports
Two freight trains collided just outside Gunter in North Texas, killing one person and injuring four others, authorities said. About 20 cars derailed in a tangled mess of steel and one locomotive burned.
Department of Public Safety Trooper Rebecca Uresti said one of the injured had severe burns and was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Dallas, about 50 miles to the south.
The other three victims were taken to a hospital in Sherman, a few miles from the crash scene. Uresti said the man who died was an engineer.
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