Coal Train Derails; No Injuries
Associated Press - Tue 07:42 AM 11/13/2012
One house was damaged when a piece of rail landed inside. It landed on the bottom bunk of a bunk bed, and a child was sleeping on the top bunk.
Cleanup is under way after a Union Pacific coal train derailed in northeast Kansas.
Jefferson County authorities say 23 coal cars derailed just north of Grantville Monday night. Grantville is a few miles east of
Topeka and 25 miles west of Lawrence.
Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig says no one was injured. But one house was damaged when a piece of rail landed inside. He
says the piece of rail landed on the bottom bunk of a bunk bed, and a child was sleeping on the top bunk.
The cause of the derailment is under investigation.
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