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4 Dead as Train Hits Truck Carrying Veterans at Parade

Four people died and 17 others were taken to a hospital when a train crashed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans in Midland, Texas, late this afternoon. The float was one of two flatbed tractor trailers carrying wounded veterans and their families to an honorary banquet during Show of Support's Hunt for Heroes parade when a train approached after 4:30, according to officials and witnesses. The first truck crossed the tracks in time, but the second did not, according to Hamid...Full Story
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