Train derails near Sikeston

Thursday, July 19, 2007

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe mixed-frieght train derailed roughly one mile south of Sikeston, Mo., at 11:50 a.m. today, causing authorities to block off a two-mile radius around the accident, near New Madrid County Road 824.

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