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Severe storms with 80 mph winds caused train derailment in Texas

A train derailed in West Texas Tuesday night as severe storms moved through the area.

Union Pacific senior communications manager Mike Jaisen told FOX Weather that about 24 cars derailed on a Union Pacific train east of Trent around 8 p.m. CDT.

Fortunately, no injuries were reported.

Union Pacific crews have now resolved the incident and the investigation is ongoing, Jaisen added.

The National Weather Service office in San Angelo, Texas, told FOX Weather that it believes straight-line winds were the cause of the derailment, based on Doppler radar data.


Union Pacific train derails in west Texas after severe storm
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Severe storm derails Union Pacific train in West Texas
A storm derailed a 24-car train in Texas. fox weather

According to a local storm report issued by the department. Wind gusts up to 80 mph estimated at the time of the incident.

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