A COLLISION INVOLVING A TRACTOR TRAILER AND A TRAIN SOUTH OF BELEN LAST SUNDAY COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. THE TRUCK WAS HAULING DIESEL FUEL WHEN IT WAS HIT BY A TRAIN IN JARALES SUNDAY NIGHT. JOE FAUST IS A SPOKESMAN FOR B-N-S-F. HE SAYS THE TRUCK STALLED ON THE TRACKS. HE SAYS THE FUEL SPILLED ONTO THE ROADWAY BUT WAS CONTAINED AND THE TRACK WAS REOPENED WITHIN THREE HOURS.
THE SPILL INVOLVED AROUND 45-HUNDRED GALLONS OF FUEL. FAUST SAYS THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AMONG THE TRAIN CREW.
