{"id":36765,"date":"2013-11-07T09:37:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T14:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/ntsb-faults-parade-plans-in-fatal-up-collision\/"},"modified":"2013-11-07T09:37:15","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T14:37:15","slug":"ntsb-faults-parade-plans-in-fatal-up-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/ntsb-faults-parade-plans-in-fatal-up-collision\/","title":{"rendered":"NTSB faults parade plans in fatal UP collision","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON \u2013 An oncoming freight train sounded its warning, and track guard gates started to descend. But the crowd was cheering, a marching band was playing, the lights of a police escort were flashing and a truck driver towing a parade float of wounded veterans and their wives in Midland advanced heedlessly into the crossing.<\/p>\n
The train rammed the float at 62 mph, killing four veterans and injuring 11 other veterans and their wives.<\/p>\n