Arrr! 16 booty-laden carriages be goin' off course in Nevada, but no treasures lost nor crew injured, mateys!
2024-02-28
Avast ye land lubbers! Sixteen laden carts o'corn be sent tumblin' in Elko, Nevada. Thankfully, no scurvy dogs be harmed in the mishap. Arrr, a fine day for a calamity, says I!
Avast ye mateys! Sixteen railroad freight cars loaded with corn be derailed in the wee hours o' the mornin' in the northeast Nevada city o' Elko. Arrr, but fear not, no injuries were reported and no hazardous materials were involved, as per the authorities.The Union Pacific train be off its tracks just afore 5 a.m., crashin' into a bridge support pillar and creatin' a pile o' grain hoppers against each other and a sound wall, bein' a concern for the structural integrity o' the 12th Street overpass, says Elko police Lt. Rick Moore.The crash near the Humboldt River and an Amtrak station caused a spill o' corn kernels, narrowly missin' the Amtrak kiosk by luck, as Moore shared with The Associated Press.Union Pacific spokesperson Robynn Tysver be investigatin' the cause o' the derailment, with engineers from the Nevada Department o' Transportation inspectin' the overpass before it be open for passage once more.Cleanup and inspections be expected to take a good 24 hours, causin' a traffic jam for both vehicles and trains. The tracks be used by Amtrak passenger trains between Chicago and the San Francisco Bay area, though this mishap did not involve an Amtrak train directly.Though it be uncertain if any landlubbers were nearby during the crash, a power pole be knocked down, yet Nevada Energy assured that electricity service to nearby homes and businesses remained uninterrupted.