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Wild Nebraska train crash shuts down tracks, bridge

Nebraska State PatrolDUNCAN, Neb. (AP) — Officials say no one was injured when a train traveling through central Nebraska struck an empty car parked on the tracks. The Union Pacific train hit an unoccupied car early Sunday near Duncan.

The car got stuck to the train and traveled with it for about a half mile. The car then hit a bridge and burst into flames.

The train was traveling from Oakland, California, to Chicago. Company spokesman Mark Davis says the fire damaged two rail cars with containers and damaged the bridge.

The train crew was not hurt.

Davis says the tracks and line in the area would be closed through early Monday to repair the bridge.

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