GREENWOOD, La. (AP) — Two train crew members were taken to a hospital and a highway was closed for five hours after a freight train hit a loaded car carrier Friday in northwest Louisiana.
The trucker escaped injury, Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator said in a news release.
He said the Union Pacific Railroad train hit the tractor-trailer about 11:20 a.m. Friday on Louisiana Highway 169 in Greenwood.
Photos with the news release show that the crash knocked at least three vehicles off the car carrier.
The highway was closed for about 4.5 miles (7.24 kilometers) until nearly 4:30 p.m., the sheriff's office said.
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