UPDATE: Wreckage Cleared from Tracks, Two Trains Pass Through
Save Email Print
Bookmark and Share
Updated: 12:23 PM Feb 2, 2012
UPDATE: Wreckage Cleared from Tracks, Two Trains Pass Through
A test train and a freight train took runs on the new tracks early Thursday morning.
Posted: 11:15 PM Feb 1, 2012
Reporter: News 10
width:300 and height: 225 and picwidth: 213 and pciheight: 159
Font Size:

A test train and a freight train took runs on the new tracks early Thursday morning. A Blackman-Leoni Township public safety officer who witnessed the runs said they went smoothly.

Crews removed the wreckage from the tracks in Leoni Township, the site of Wednesday morning's derailment. Workers laid down new tracks well before the scheduled arrival of the first train. A team is expected to inspect the derailed cars Thursday morning to decide if they can be salvaged or not. If they can be, they'll be put on cars and taken to a railyard. If not, they'll be cut up and the pieces will be removed.

Ten people were taken to Allegiance Hospital. None were seriously injured. 68 people were on the Amtrak train headed from Detroit to Chicago when it hit a semi tractor-trailer that was stuck on the tracks.

Stay with News10 and wilx.com for more details on the investigation as they become available.


wilxTV Tweets...
Here's the latest update from WILX!
    WILX Poll
    What's A Proper Punishment For Students Who Participate in "Senior Pranks?"

    Suspension
    Community Service
    No Graduation Walk


    National NDN Video