Two hurt in Union Pacific train crash, derailment in Wise County

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Two Union Pacific Railroad workers are in the hospital after their train derailed in Wise County Sunday evening.

The Wise County Office of Emergency Management confirms two trains collided in Chico, causing one train to derail.

A statement from Union Pacific says the engineer and conductor were both hurt. One was taken by Careflight to a hospital in the Metroplex and the other was taken by ambulance to the hospital in Decatur. Their conditions have not been released.

Three locomotives and 15 cars filled with grain were derailed.

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