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One Union Pacific train hits another, killing one employee <br />(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 15.) <br /> <br />HOUSTON -- A worker died early Thursday when one Union Pacific train hit another, derailing both and causing a fuel spill, a company spokesman said. <br /> <br />Hundreds of area residents were evacuated before dawn, as a precaution, several media organizations reported. <br /> <br />One Union Pacific train with two locomotives and 10 rail cars struck another UP train with two locomotives and three rail cars at 12:15 a.m. Thursday, about 60 miles northeast of Houston, said Mark Davis, spokesman for Union Pacific. <br /> <br />The first train was traveling on a straight track from Pine Bluff, Ark., to Houston when its locomotive struck the second train. <br /> <br />The second train was stopped on the north end of a side track, but its locomotive was on the straight track. The first train had the right of way, Davis said. <br /> <br />Diesel fuel was leaking from the locomotives, he said. <br /> <br />The employee who died was on the second train. The worker's name was not immediately released. <br /> <br />The second train services businesses in the Houston area. Union Pacific owns the tracks. <br /> <br />National Transportation Safety Board, Federal Railroad Administration and Union Pacific investigators were en route to the scene. <br /> <br /> <br />Thursday, September 15, 2005 <br />
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