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Wednesday, June 25, 1997
Crewmen killed in train derailment identified
DEVINE, Texas (AP) - Two Union Pacific crewmen killed in a
head-on freight train collision have been identified as men from
the San Antonio area, railroad officials say.
Four people died and two were injured when the two trains slammed
into each other late Sunday night on a stretch of single track
in Devine, about 30 miles southwest of San Antonio.
Locomotives carrying diesel fuel exploded into flames, and
a total of 29 train cars derailed.
Killed on the northbound train was Neal A. Wilhelm of San Antonio,
the train's engineer. Terry Yarbrough, 48, of Bulverde, a conductor,
was killed on the southbound train, according to railroad officials.
Two other men who died are believed to have been illegal passengers
on the train and remained unidentified Tuesday.
Randy Dennis of San Antonio, one of the crew members, remained
in critical condition in the burn unit at Brooke Army Medical
Center. Another railroad employee, Brian W. Bolner of Seguin,
was released after treatment.
The railroad track was cleared enough by early Tuesday to allow
train traffic to resume.
Union Pacific investigators will be questioning the surviving
crew members as well as dispatchers in Omaha, Neb., as they try
to determine what led up to the collision, said railroad spokesman
Mark Davis.
The northbound train was heading from Laredo to near Baton
Rouge, La., and the southbound train was traveling from Chicago
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