RED OAK, Iowa — The driver of a crew transport vehicle was injured today (Aug. 8, 2024) when his vehicle was hit by a railcar from a BNSF derailment.
The Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency reports that the county communications center received a report of a derailment at 6:05 a.m. Emergency crews that responded found four grain cars had derailed, with one on top of a parked Railcrew Xpress vehicle. The driver was able to extricate himself from the vehicle and was transported to Montgomery County Memorial Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
Two streets near the derailment scene are expected to be closed for an extended period.
Red Oak is on BNSF’s Creston Subdivision, and is about 40 miles southeast of Omaha, Neb.
