[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (9/10/10-8AM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
09/10	0800	Train Derailment Hzmat Fontana, San Bernardino County   A westbound Union Pacific train struck a slower-moving train in the Fontana area at about 11:55 hours Thursday. Several cars derailed and the locomotive wound up on top of a freight car. The slower freight train was hauling I-beams that pierced the locomotive of the faster train, trapping the engineer,. Two railroad employees were injured in the crash. Both men were transported to local hospitals, one with critical injuries and the other with moderate injuries.  Railway parallels the I-10 Freeway.  At one point the freeway was shut down due to 500 gallon of antifreeze that leaked from one of the rail cars. The cause of the train collision has not yet been determined. The wreck alongside eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 at Cherry Avenue created a traffic crush for more than four hours.  Eastbound I-10 freeway lanes reopened by 4 a.m. Friday

Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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