Train hits another, cars derail in Laclede County
SLEEPER, Mo. - Two Burlington Northern-Santa Fe engineers suffered minor injuries when their freight trains collided head-on north of Lebanon on Monday morning. Laclede County Emergency Management director Jonathan Ayres says the two trains collided at a switching station about 1.5 miles west and south of Sleeper.
Witnesses said 30 tanks were leaking but Ayres didn't know what the trains were carrying. Ayres says both trains were pulling about 100 cars when the crash occurred. He didn't know how many cars derailed.
One early report indicated three engines were on their sides. One train was carrying military hardware, including tanks. The Lebanon Daily Record reports no road crossings are blocked.
The track is the main BNSF line between Springfield and St. Louis.
Anyone happen to get this audio recorded? I think it's by St. Louis.
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