May 19, 2004

GUNTER, Texas (AP) -- Two freight trains collided just outside this small north Texas town Wednesday, leaving rail cars in a mangled mess and causing multiple injuries, authorities said.

Grayson County Sheriff's Sgt. Pam McCurdy said that she didn't know how many people were injured, but knew that some of the injuries were severe. A medical helicopter was dispatched.

Joe Faust, a spokesman for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., said both of the trains belonged to the company.

Neither Faust nor McCurdy knew what caused the accident.

McCurdy said one of the trains derailed after the head-on collision. Television footage showed about 20 cars off the tracks.

Gunter is 50 miles north of Dallas.

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