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Semi – Train Accident Causes Train's Derailment

 

 A semi-trailer / train accident in Woodson County leads to the train's derailment.

 The accident took place around 10:00 a.m. Tuesday morning on 80th Road between Navajo and Prairie Roads.

 According to Woodson County Sheriff Jeffrey McCullough, the 63-year old semi driver survived the crash, although the vehicle was destroyed. Sheriff McCullough says the fertilizer on the train is possibly hazardous. Hazmat crews are taking precautions to cleanup the 97 cars of the train, 21 of which were either damaged or destroyed.

 The intersection is set to reopen by the end of the week.

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