Flood waves washed the railway bridge … with a train standing on it. The incident occurred in the state of Arkansas, which has been struggling with heavy rainfall for several days. According to local media, although the accident looked dangerous, no one was injured.
Spring over the middle of the week from the middle of the week stormsaccompanied by tornadoes and heavy rainfall. The downpours covered a huge area from southern regions to the area of the Great Lakes. The violent weather contributed to the death of at least 16 people.
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The composition fell into the water
A dangerous situation occurred early in the morning on Saturday, Arkansas. A railway line with several bridges runs through the Mammoth Spring State Park. According to the local operator of the BNSF Railways railway network, the train was stopped at night on the bridge to wait a storm that prevailed on the road to the destination station. In Mammoth Spring itself, the situation was not yet dangerous.
The hours passed and the water level in the river grew. At one point, the swollen waters kidnapped the bridge with each other, on which there were several wagons of the composition. Part of the train derailed and fell into the watercourse, but fortunately nobody was in damaged wagons. The operator said that BNSF staff is on the bridge, coordinating activities to remove the train and repair the bridge.
This is not the only dangerous weather event that has occurred in Arkansas in recent days. On Thursday and Friday, a storm with tornadoes swept over the state. The city of Lake City was seriously damaged.
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