Texas Freight Train Collision Highlights Safety Concerns

A freight train has rear-ended a stopped train in Arlington, Texas, where at least six derailments since 1998 have raised safety concerns.

Arlington Fire Department Battalion Chief Troy Brooks says three locomotives derailed and three to five cargo containers were crushed when an eastbound train hit one that was stopped late Saturday. Both trains are owned by Union Pacific.

Arlington police say there were no injuries, but the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports at least 600 people were stuck at a charity event after the crash blocked the only exit to Howell Family Farms, which hosts weddings and other events. Cleanup was expected to take hours.

The most serious of the train accidents in Arlington was in 1998, when an Amtrak passenger train carrying 198 people derailed, injuring 22 people.