(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 15.)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — An 18-wheeler collided with a train on Friday, killing a passenger in the truck and causing more than two dozen train cars to derail, authorities said.
The truck was hit on its passenger side as it turned onto a private road, Natalia City Manager Beth Eonesio said.
Medina County Sheriff Gilbert Rodriguez said Marta Garcia, 46, of Dilley, died in the impact.
Her husband, Manuel Ochoa Garcia, 59, was the truck’s driver. His condition at a San Antonio hospital was not immediately available.
Two locomotives and 25 cars derailed in the collision about 30 miles southeast of San Antonio, Union Pacific spokeswoman Robin Stauber said.
She said the train was delivering mostly auto parts from Chicago to Mexico. The truck was hauling water.
Stauber said the train’s conductor and engineer suffered minor injuries and were treated on the scene. The collision caused 900 feet of track damage.