ONE DEAD IN TRAIN ACCIDENT

ONE PERSON IS DEAD … ANOTHER INJURED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION BETWEEN TWO FREIGHT TRAINS SOUTH OF ROSWELL TUESDAY. STATE POLICE SERGEANT ELIZABETH ARMIJO SAYS THE CRASH HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER 6AM. THE VICTIM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 48 YEAR OLD JESSE COBURN THE THIRD OF TEXICO, NEW MEXICO.
ARMIJO TELLS 770 KKOB ONE TRAIN WAS STATIONARY AND UNMANNED WHILE THE SECOND TRAIN HAD A TWO MAN CREW. SHE SAYS THE INJURED PERSON WAS SENT TO A HOSPITAL IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS, AND IS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION.
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