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UPDATE: City spokesman: 4 dead, 17 hospitalized after train hits veterans parade float in West Texas.
Train crashes into Texas wounded veterans parade (wral.com)
Updated: 4 die during Show of Support Parade (mywesttexas.com)MIDLAND, TEXAS An event organizer says there are "multiple injuries" after a train crashed into a trailer carrying veterans during a West Texas parade.
"Show of Support" president and founder Terry Johnson tells the Midland Reporter-Telegram that a Union Pacific train slammed into a trailer that was on its way to a wounded veterans event Thursday evening.
He says there are "multiple, multiple" injuries and organizers still are trying to account for everyone.
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The parade was supposed to end at a "Hunt for Heroes" banquet before wounded service members were treated to a deer-hunting trip this weekend.
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A float carrying veterans and their wives in the ninth annual Show of Support parade was struck by a eastbound train at the corner of Garfield Road and Industrial Avenue just before 5 p.m., Robinson said.
It is not expected those injured will need to be transferred from Midland Memorial Hospital, said hospital spokeswoman Marcy Madrid.
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