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Trains collide near Two Harbors

Five people have been injured in a head-on collision between two freight trains near Duluth. The crash took place Thursday afternoon about 20 kilometres north of Two Harbors.
Five people have been injured in a head-on collision between two freight trains near Duluth.

The crash took place Thursday afternoon about 20 kilometres north of Two Harbors. One train had 116 cars loaded with iron-ore pellets, while the other train was pulling about 116 empty cars.

Three locomotives and 17 cars derailed as a result of the crash.

The injured train staff members were taken to hospital with undisclosed injuries. The investigation continues into why the trains were travelling on the same track.




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