(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 23.)
TAYLOR, La. — Several Kansas City Southern train cars have derailed and three are on fire after colliding with a log truck in northern Louisiana.
Authorities in Bienville Parish say a tractor-trailer pulled into the train’s path around 1 p.m. The truck’s cab made it across the tracks, but the trailer did not.
Sheriff John Ballance says the burning cars are not carrying freight that is considered explosive or hazardous. No evacuations have been ordered.