Two people are dead and three others were injured when a train crashed into a tractor-trailer in West Texas on Wednesday.

Damage to a train is seen at the site where a freight train collided with a tractor-trailer and derailed in Reeves County, Texas on Wednesday, 18, 2024. (Daniel Alvarado/Reeves County, Texas via ...

Authorities say two Union Pacific employees were killed and three people were injured when a freight train collided with a tractor-trailer and derailed in a small West Texas city.

The Pecos Police Department said the two male workers were on the train when it derailed after it struck a tractor-trailer. No names have been released at this time, as the investigation is ongoing.