Two Killed, 11 Hospitalized after Train Crash with Dump Truck on Calloway Cemetery Road in Euless
2 Dead, Several injured in Northeast Tarrant County Train Crash on Calloway Cemetery Road
Two Killed, 11 Hospitalized after Train Crash with Dump Truck on Calloway Cemetery Road in Euless
Euless, Texas (August 26, 2018) – Two people were killed and eleven others hospitalized Saturday afternoon after a train crash involving a dump truck in northeast Tarrant County, authorities said.
The deadly crash occurred shortly after noon August 25, in the 12500 block of Calloway Cemetery Road, near the intersection of Trinity Boulevard and North Collins Street.
Reportedly, the dump truck drove through the crossing as a westbound train was passing resulting in a collision.
Fort Worth police said the truck exploded after the impact.
Two people in the dump truck were killed in the crash. The names of the deceased were not immediately disclosed pending notification of the next of kin.
Responding paramedics took eleven people to local hospitals where two of them were listed in critical condition and three in fair condition. Six victims were listed in good condition.
Thirty others were treated and released.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the crash.
