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SHEPHERD, Texas (AP) - A freight train smashed into a second train that was stopped on a siding early Thursday, killing one crew member and derailing more than 20 cars, a company spokesman said.
Someone threw a switch that sent the moving train onto the siding, said Mark Davis, a spokesman for Union Pacific, which operated both trains. He said the FBI will help investigate, but criminal action is not believed to be involved.
"The focus of the investigation is why this switch was in the position it was to allow the train to go from one track to another," he said. "A person has to manually, physically move the switch."
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