(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 12/)
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A freight train derailed yesterday in the second accident of its kind in as many days.
A 33-year-old motorist narrowly escaped serious injury when the train, traveling on a bridge above him, crashed down onto the street and into the man’s minivan.
The Buffalo man was treated at Erie County Medical Center and released.
No one was injured in a separate incident where a train derailed in Cheektowaga, sending a boxcar crashing onto the road.
The Federal Railroad Administration has been called in to investigate the two derailments. Field inspectors for the agency are still trying to determine the reason for the accidents.