Webcast: Preliminary Report Released on Veteran's Parade Train Accident
By: Ron Rosseau
Updated: December 6, 2012
The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report on that accident in Midland that killed four people during a parade.
The Union Pacific freight train was traveling at 62 miles-per-hour when it slammed into a flat-bed trailer being used in the parade to honor military service veterans in the Permian Basin.
It took the train about three-quarters of a mile to stop after the crash.
Four people were killed and eight others on the float and a Midland sheriff's officer were hurt.
It could take more than a year to issue a final report and national transportation safety board administrators say that report could bring new regulations for railroad crossings.
The Union Pacific freight train was traveling at 62 miles-per-hour when it slammed into a flat-bed trailer being used in the parade to honor military service veterans in the Permian Basin.
It took the train about three-quarters of a mile to stop after the crash.
Four people were killed and eight others on the float and a Midland sheriff's officer were hurt.
It could take more than a year to issue a final report and national transportation safety board administrators say that report could bring new regulations for railroad crossings.
