Findings released this month by the National Transportation Safety Board indicate a section of rail near Pueblo where a coal train jumped the tracks and crashed onto Interstate 25 last year had broken before the fatal crash. The derailment caused the rail bridge over I-25 to collapse, dropping six railcars onto the freeway and killing 60-year-old truck driver Lafollette Henderson, who was traveling underneath the bridge at the time. The NTSB documents include analyses of three segments of rail taken from the site as well as interviews with BNSF Railway workers and other investigative findings. According to the agency, video recovered from the lead locomotive shows the damaged track ahead of the coal train moments before the Oct.

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    10/11/2024 - 10:43 am | View Link
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