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(Source: Great Falls Tribune, July 19, 2011)

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A locomotive engineer and conductor were injured following the derailment of three locomotives and 13 cars near Great Falls, Mont. The train struck a parked maintenance train.

According to the Great Falls Tribune, the engineer sustained a head injury and was transported to the hospital for treatment. The newspaper described the engineer’s injury as a “bump on the head” and reported that he was expected to be OK. There was no word on the conductor’s injury.

The train, with 110 cars, was en route from Laurel to Shelby, Mont.

Full story: Great Falls Tribune

Full story: Associated Press, via the Greenfield Daily Reporter