A semi-truck driver was killed Sunday when a coal train derailed off a bridge and onto the roadway near Pueblo, Colorado.
The derailment left part of Colorado’s Interstate 25 shut down in both directions. Crews for BNSF Railway helped with the cleanup of the ten rail cars that slid off the tracks and over the side of a bridge. No one on the train was injured but the cars and the coal toppled onto the truck, killing the male driver.
The incident is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board and even drew the attention of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg who communicated with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis. U.S. Department of Transportation staffers were headed to the crash site Sunday evening.
The bridge extends over both lanes of I-25 and partially collapsed when the derailment occurred.
Source: CNN