SAGINAW, Texas -- A collision between a Union Pacific freight train and a military tank truck in Saginaw sparked a fire that damaged a locomotive, The Houston Chronicle reported.
UP spokeswoman Raquel Espinoza-Williams says the crew safely exited the train Monday night. She says the engineer was transported to a hospital, as a precaution.
The accident happened around 8 p.m. Monday on tracks parallel to U.S. 287. Firefighters put out the blaze within two hours.
Espinoza-Williams did not immediately return a message Tuesday from The Associated Press to provide further details.
Saginaw is about 10 miles northwest of Fort Worth.
(The preceding report was published March 16, 2010, by The Houston Chronicle.)
