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March 23rd, 2011 | 
Author: WRIGHTSVILLE, AR – A Little Rock man was killed Sunday when a rail cars from a Union Pacific freight train derailed and toppled over onto his car while stopped at a rail crossing in Wrighstville, AR.
Two rail cars flip over and land on a passenger car, killing the driver in a Union Pacific train derailment in Wrightsville, AR on Sunday, March 20, 2011.
Wrightsville is in Pulaski County, Arkansas in the central part of the state, about 14 miles southeast of Little Rock. ... Read Full Story
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LITTLE ROCK, AR – A Union Pacific train derailed near Little Rock Central High School on Sunday morning, November 14. Nine cars derailed near West 17th Street about 10:20 a.m., Capt. Edwin Woolf of the Little Rock Fire Department said. Emergency crews were dispatched immediately.
Union Pacific workers inspect the scene of a Union Pacific train derailment near West 17th Street in Little Rock on Sunday morning, November 14. Photo by Staton Breidenthal
Woolf said two fire trucks responded and found that “all the cars were upright and there were no leaks” or injuries. ... Read Full Story
