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• Float driver says train seemed still before crash

  May 22, 2013 6:36 PM

  LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) The driver of a parade float involved in a train wreck that killed four war veterans in West Texas told investigators that the oncoming train appeared to be stationary, and that he didn't notice anything was wrong until he saw people jumping from the float, according to... more »

• Float driver says train seemed still before crash

  May 22, 2013 2:54 PM

  LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) The driver of a parade float involved in a train wreck that killed four war veterans in Texas told investigators that the oncoming train appeared to be stationary, and that he didn't notice anything was wrong until he saw people jumping from the float, according to documents... more »

• Float driver says train seemed still before crash

  May 22, 2013 12:48 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) The driver of a parade float struck by a train in a Texas crash that killed four military veterans told federal investigators that the oncoming train appeared to be stationary. Documents released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board show that Dale Hayden told investigators he was... more »

• Float driver: Train seemed still before crash

  May 22, 2013 12:43 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) The driver of a parade float stuck by a train in a Texas crash that killed four military veterans told federal investigators that the oncoming train appeared to be stationary. Documents released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board show that Dale Hayden told investigators he was... more »

• Fatal train collision to go to Texas grand jury

  January 3, 2013 10:22 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) A Texas prosecutor says a grand jury will consider the case involving a train collision that killed four veterans who were riding on a parade float. Midland County assistant district attorney Eric Kalenak said Thursday that a newly impaneled grand jury is scheduled to hear the case... more »

• Second lawsuit filed in Texas rail crossing crash

  December 27, 2012 7:51 PM

  DALLAS (AP) A widow to one of four military veterans killed when their parade float was struck by a train at a West Texas railroad crossing has filed a wrongful death suit. Catherine Stouffer, the wife of 37-year-old Gary Stouffer Jr., seeks unspecified damages in the suit filed Thursday in... more »

• Union Pacific adjusting crossing where vets died

  December 21, 2012 2:50 PM

  DALLAS (AP) Union Pacific is adjusting the timing of the West Texas railroad crossing signal where a collision last month killed four military veterans riding in a parade, a company spokeswoman said Friday. Raquel Espinoza-Williams said the railroad was doing work that will "improve buffer time" so the Midland crossing... more »

• Union Pacific adjusting crossing where vets died

  December 21, 2012 11:06 AM

  DALLAS (AP) Union Pacific says it's adjusting the timing of the West Texas railroad crossing signal where a collision last month killed four military veterans riding in a parade. Company spokeswoman Raquel Espinoza-Williams said Friday that the railroad will "improve buffer time" at the signal in Midland "over and above"... more »

• Officials won't say why Texas driver isn't charged

  December 7, 2012 1:32 PM

  LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) Officials in a West Texas city where four wounded veterans died when a train hit their parade float wouldn't say Friday why they won't pursue criminal charges against the driver. City spokeswoman Sara Higgins said the police report isn't finished but investigators "wanted to get it out"... more »

• Officials won't say why float driver isn't charged

  December 7, 2012 12:59 PM

  LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) Officials in Midland aren't saying why they won't pursue criminal charges against the driver of the parade float that was struck by a train, killing four wounded veterans. City spokeswoman Sara Higgins said Friday that the police report isn't finished but investigators "wanted to get it out"... more »

• Texas town: No charges for float driver in crash

  December 6, 2012 11:12 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Officials of a West Texas city where four wounded veterans died when a train slammed into their parade float say the driver of the truck towing the float won't be charged. Midland spokeswoman Sara Higgins says no charges will be filed against Dale Andrew Hayden, of Midland.... more »

• Veterans sue railroad over fatal crash in Texas

  November 28, 2012 7:04 PM

  LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) Two Army veterans and their wives on Wednesday sued the railroad company whose train hit a truck carrying veterans and their spouses during a parade in Texas. Four veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan were killed and 16 more people were injured in the Nov. 15 collision. They... more »

• Veterans sue railroad over fatal crash in Texas

  November 28, 2012 2:32 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Two veterans and their wives are suing the railroad company whose train hit a truck carrying wounded veterans and their spouses during a parade in Texas. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Midland, Texas, says negligence on the part of Union Pacific Railroad Inc. and Smith Industries Inc.,... more »

• Army veteran drove float in Texas parade crash

  November 20, 2012 4:44 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) The driver of a parade float filled with wounded veterans and their spouses that was struck by a freight train in West Texas is an Army veteran himself who is "in shock" over the accident that killed four people, an attorney said Tuesday. Dale Andrew Hayden was... more »

• Driver in Texas parade crash is an Army veteran

  November 20, 2012 12:10 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) A 50-year-old Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan was driving a parade float that investigators say edged across a railroad crossing in Texas despite warning signals of a fast approaching train, an attorney said Tuesday. Four veterans were killed in the resulting collision in Midland... more »

• Driver in Texas parade crash is an Army veteran

  November 20, 2012 12:00 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) A 50-year-old Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan was driving a parade float that investigators say edged across a railroad crossing in Texas despite warning signals of a fast approaching train, an attorney said Tuesday. Four veterans were killed in the resulting collision in Midland... more »

• Attorney: Driver in Texas parade crash 'in shock'

  November 20, 2012 11:09 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) A 50-year-old Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan was driving a parade float that investigators say edged across a railroad crossing in Texas despite warning signals of a fast approaching train, the man's attorney said Tuesday. Four veterans were killed in the resulting collision in... more »

• Attorney: Driver in Texas parade crash 'in shock'

  November 20, 2012 10:11 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) The attorney for a parade float driver in a fatal train collision in West Texas says the driver is under a doctor's care and remains "very much in shock" after the incident. Dale Andrew Hayden was identified Tuesday as the driver in last week's crash that left... more »

• AP sources: Driver named in Texas parade crash

  November 20, 2012 8:42 AM

  LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) The driver of a parade float that collided with a Union Pacific train in West Texas, killing four veterans, has been identified. Two attorneys with knowledge of the case say Dale Andrew Hayden was the driver in last week's crash that also left 17 people injured. They... more »

• NTSB to re-enact deadly veterans parade crash

  November 20, 2012 3:02 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Federal investigators plan to re-enact the factors that converged in a West Texas train crash into a parade float that killed four veterans. The National Transportation Safety Board has scheduled the test for Tuesday afternoon at the Union Pacific railroad crossing in western Midland where the crash... more »

• 1 left hospitalized in Midland after parade crash

  November 19, 2012 6:06 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) One person remains hospitalized in Midland with injuries from last week's crash of a freight train into a veterans' parade float that killed four vets. Midland city spokesman Ryan Stout says Midland Memorial Hospital had transferred to a critically injured patient to a hometown hospital after the... more »

• Parade where vets killed used route for 3 years

  November 18, 2012 7:05 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Organizers of a parade in West Texas in which four U.S. military veterans were killed when a train plowed into a truck had been using the same route for three years, investigators said Sunday. National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Mark Rosekind also announced that oilfield services company... more »

• Parade where vets killed used route for 3 years

  November 18, 2012 5:48 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Organizers of a parade in West Texas in which four U.S. military veterans were killed when a train plowed into a truck had been using the same route for three years, investigators said Sunday. National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Mark Rosekind also announced that oilfield services company... more »

• Parade where vets killed used route for 3 years

  November 18, 2012 5:19 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Organizers of a parade in West Texas in which four U.S. military veterans were killed when a train plowed into a truck had been using the same route for three years, investigators said Sunday. National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Mark Rosekind also announced that oilfield services company... more »

• Float in train crash that killed vets was donated

  November 18, 2012 1:54 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) The truck that was used as a parade float involved a horrific train crash in West Texas that killed four U.S. military veterans was donated for the event, organizers said Sunday. Investigators say the truck began crossing the train tracks even though warning bells were sounding and... more »

• West Texas train crash unfolds in 20 rapid seconds

  November 18, 2012 10:54 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) A harrowing train crash in West Texas that killed four war veterans unfolded in a rapid-fire 20 seconds from the time the crossing bells and lights activated to the collision. The National Transportation Safety Board released a detailed timeline Saturday, pieced together from video images on the... more »

• Officials: Vets' float crossed track after signals

  November 17, 2012 11:06 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) A parade float filled with wounded veterans that was struck by a freight train had crossed onto the railroad tracks after warning signals were going off, investigators said Saturday. Four veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan were killed and 16 more people were injured when the train crashed... more »

• Officials: Vets' float crossed track after signals

  November 17, 2012 8:37 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) A parade float filled with wounded veterans that collided with a freight train had crossed onto the railroad tracks after warning signals were going off, investigators said Saturday. Four veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan were killed and 16 more people were injured when the train crashed into... more »

• NTSB: Signals activated before float on tracks

  November 17, 2012 5:29 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Federal investigators say the warning signals at a railroad crossing in West Texas were activated before a parade float crossed the tracks in an accident that killed military veterans. National Transportation Safety Board member Mark Rosekind made that announcement at a news conference Saturday. He said the... more »

• NTSB: Signals activated before float on tracks

  November 17, 2012 5:22 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Federal investigators say the warning signals at a railroad crossing in West Texas were activated before a parade float cross the tracks, leading to an accident that killed military veterans. National Transportation Safety Board member Mark Rosekind made that announcement at a news conference Saturday. He said... more »

• West Texas town begins recovery after train crash

  November 17, 2012 2:34 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Two days after a train suddenly plowed into a parade float, killing four war veterans, the city of Midland, investigators and the victims' families began what likely will be a long, painful recovery. The truck that served as the parade float had been removed from the tracks... more »

• West Texas town begins recovery after train crash

  November 17, 2012 1:49 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Two days after a train suddenly plowed into a parade float, killing four war veterans, the city of Midland, investigators and the victims' families began what likely will be a long, painful recovery. The truck that served as the parade float had been removed from the tracks... more »

• War-time instinct takes over in Texas train crash

  November 17, 2012 10:33 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) With the thunderous crack of a freight train slamming into a parade float carrying his fellow war veterans, Sudip Bose went to work. A front-line physician in Iraq, Bose and other veterans instantly tended to the injured. They applied tourniquets and put pressure on wounds as their... more »

• War-time instinct takes over in Texas train crash

  November 17, 2012 10:02 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) With the thunderous crack of a freight train slamming into a parade float carrying his fellow war veterans, Sudip Bose went to work. A front-line physician in Iraq, Bose and other veterans instantly tended to the injured. They applied tourniquets and put pressure on wounds as their... more »

• War-time instinct takes over in Texas train crash

  November 17, 2012 8:37 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) With the thunderous crack of a freight train slamming into a parade float carrying his fellow war veterans, Sudip Bose went to work. A front-line physician in Iraq, Bose and other veterans instantly tended to the injured. They applied tourniquets and put pressure on wounds as their... more »

• War-time instinct takes over in Texas train crash

  November 17, 2012 2:36 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) With the thunderous crack of a freight train slamming into a parade float carrying his fellow war veterans, Sudip Bose went to work. A front-line physician in Iraq, Bose and other veterans instantly tended to the injured. They applied tourniquets and put pressure on wounds as their... more »

• War-time instinct takes over in Texas train crash

  November 17, 2012 2:13 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) With the thunderous crack of a freight train slamming into a parade float, instinct kicked in for Sudip Bose. A front-line physician in Iraq, Bose and other veterans instantly tended to the injured after the train traveling more than 60 mph in West Texas crashed into the... more »

• Tragedy ends Texas parade honoring war heroes

  November 16, 2012 2:19 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Cheered by a flag-waving crowd, the parade float carrying wounded military veterans was inching across the railroad tracks when the crossing gates started coming down. And then, seemingly out of nowhere, a freight train came bearing down, its horn blaring. Four veterans died in the Thursday collision,... more »

• Texas parade honoring war heroes ends in tragedy

  November 16, 2012 11:38 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) A joyful celebration turned to chaos as a train, its horn blaring, barreled into a float laden with military veterans and their spouses on their way to a banquet to honor the returning war heroes. At least four veterans were killed in the collision Thursday afternoon. The... more »

• Texas parade honoring war heroes ends in tragedy

  November 16, 2012 11:21 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) A joyful celebration turned to chaos as a train, its horn blaring, barreled into a float laden with military veterans and their spouses on their way to a banquet to honor the returning war heroes. At least four veterans were killed in the collision Thursday afternoon. The... more »

• Police: 4 vets killed after train hit parade float

  November 16, 2012 8:55 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Four veterans were killed and 16 other people were injured when a train slammed into a parade float carrying the returning heroes to a banquet to honor them in West Texas, officials said Friday. A float decorated with American flags and carrying wounded veterans and their spouses... more »

• Police: 4 vets killed after train hit parade float

  November 16, 2012 8:47 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Four veterans were killed and 16 other people were injured when a train slammed into a parade float carrying the returning heroes to a banquet to honor them in West Texas, officials said Friday. A float decorated with American flags and carrying wounded veterans and their spouses... more »

• Police: 4 vets killed after train hit parade float

  November 16, 2012 8:39 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Officials say four veterans were killed after a train slammed into a parade float stuck on a railroad crossing in West Texas. Midland city spokesman Ryan Stout says 37-year-old Sgt. Maj. Gary Stouffer and 47-year-old Sgt. Maj. Lawrence Boivin were pronounced dead at the scene of the... more »

• Deadly train-parade float crash in Texas probed

  November 16, 2012 3:49 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Federal officials are heading to West Texas to join investigators looking into why a freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans, killing four people and injuring 17 others. Witnesses described a harrowing scene Thursday afternoon as the Union Pacific locomotive bore down on the... more »

• Deadly train-parade float crash in Texas probed

  November 16, 2012 2:31 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Federal officials are heading to West Texas to join investigators looking into why a freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans, killing four people and injuring 17 others. Witnesses described a harrowing scene Thursday afternoon as the Union Pacific locomotive beard down on the... more »

• Deadly train-parade float crash in Texas probed

  November 16, 2012 2:20 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Federal officials are heading to West Texas to join investigators looking into why a freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans, killing four people and injuring 17 others. Witnesses described a harrowing scene Thursday afternoon as the Union Pacific locomotive beard down on the... more »

• Deadly train-parade float crash in Texas probed

  November 16, 2012 2:17 AM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Federal officials are heading to West Texas to join investigators looking into why a freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans, killing four people and injuring 17 others. Witnesses described a harrowing scene Thursday afternoon as the Union Pacific locomotive beard down on the... more »

• 4 dead, 17 hurt when train hits Texas vets parade

  November 15, 2012 11:29 PM

  DALLAS (AP) A freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans on Thursday, killing four people and injuring 17 others as the float tried to get through a West Texas railroad crossing on its way to an honorary banquet, authorities said. The locomotive was sounding its horn and... more »

• 4 dead, 17 hurt when train hits Texas vets parade

  November 15, 2012 10:36 PM

  DALLAS (AP) A freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans on Thursday, killing four people and injuring 17 others as the float tried to get through a West Texas railroad crossing on its way to an honorary banquet, authorities said. The locomotive was sounding its horn and... more »

• 4 dead, 17 hurt when train hits Texas vets parade

  November 15, 2012 8:25 PM

  DALLAS (AP) A freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans on Thursday, killing four people and injuring 17 others as the float drove through a West Texas railroad crossing on its way to an honorary banquet, authorities said. The eastbound train was sounding its horn before it... more »

• 4 dead, 17 hurt when train hits Texas vets parade

  November 15, 2012 8:13 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) Authorities say four people are dead and 17 others are injured after a train slammed into a parade float headed to a West Texas event honoring wounded veterans. Union Pacific spokesman Tom Lange says the eastbound train was sounding its horn before it hit the float Thursday... more »