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Train derails in Missouri after collision with dump truck

bnsf-logoFOLEY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities in northeast Missouri’s Lincoln County say 30 railroad cars loaded with coal have derailed after the train hit a dump truck that pulled into its path.

The truck’s driver was taken to a hospital after the crash involving the BNSF Railway train shortly after 11 a.m. Friday in a rural area near Foley. His medical status was not immediately known.

BNSF spokesman Andy Williams said no one aboard the train that included two locomotives and more than 100 coal cars was injured.

He could not immediately say how long it would take for the tracks to be cleared.

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