No one hurt in coal train derailment in Minnesota

Published 6:11 pm Wednesday, November 21, 2018

FISHER — No one was hurt in a coal train derailment in northwestern Minnesota.

According to a press release, 13 cars of a BNSF Railway train went off the tracks west of Crookston about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. The train had 121 loads of coal and four locomotives.

Company spokeswoman Amy McBeth said trains are being rerouted as work continues to clear the cars and repair the tracks.

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The cause of the derailment wasn’t immediately determined.