A broken rail caused a train derailment that collapsed a bridge over a Colorado highway, killing a truck driver and blocking the road for days.
Workers toil to clear cars that derailed in an accident over Interstate 25 northbound, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, north of Pueblo, Colo.
There is no reason believe the derailment was sabotage, said Sarah Taylor Sulick, of the National Transportation Safety Board, which released the preliminary findings Tuesday. A nine-mile stretch of I-25 -- used by 39,000 to 44,000 vehicles daily -- was shut down. Traffic was being detoured around the derailment site and through the town of Penrose, almost 30 miles west of Pueblo.Railroad companies typically own the bridges that trains use. However, BNSF said the steel girder bridge that collapsed onto I-25 was owned by the state.
Hundreds of tons of coal and mangled railcars that landed on I-25 were expected to be cleared from the road by Wednesday afternoon, officials said. After that, officials will be able to assess how badly the road is damaged and what repairs are needed.
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