Post by Logan on Feb 1, 2016 18:47:12 GMT -6
One person is dead and another person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after a commercial truck and train collided in Roanoke County, police said.
The truck caught fire after being struck by a Norfolk Southern train at a crossing about 11:50 a.m., Sgt. Jeffrey Johnson said. The truck was crossing double mainline tracks along Spring Hollow Access Road, just off West River Road near the Western Virginia Regional Jail.
The injured person was taken to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital with serious injuries, said Brian Clingenpeel, Roanoke County Fire and Rescue community outreach specialist. Police were not releasing identities until family has been notified.
Susan Terpay, spokeswoman for Norfolk Southern Corp., said both the injured person and the person who died were in the truck.
Read more: www.roanoke.com/news/local/roanoke_county/dead-injured-in-train-collision-in-roanoke-county/article_b4c7ec67-d522-5c18-895d-2bb5646c20a9.html
The truck caught fire after being struck by a Norfolk Southern train at a crossing about 11:50 a.m., Sgt. Jeffrey Johnson said. The truck was crossing double mainline tracks along Spring Hollow Access Road, just off West River Road near the Western Virginia Regional Jail.
The injured person was taken to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital with serious injuries, said Brian Clingenpeel, Roanoke County Fire and Rescue community outreach specialist. Police were not releasing identities until family has been notified.
Susan Terpay, spokeswoman for Norfolk Southern Corp., said both the injured person and the person who died were in the truck.
Read more: www.roanoke.com/news/local/roanoke_county/dead-injured-in-train-collision-in-roanoke-county/article_b4c7ec67-d522-5c18-895d-2bb5646c20a9.html