DALLAS -- Two Union Pacific employees were killed and three others were injured Wednesday after a train derailed in Pecos and ultimately crashed into the city's Chamber of Commerce building, officials said.
The deadly derailment began about 5 p.m. after the train struck a tractor-trailer that was on the railroad tracks near Oak Street and Dot Stafford Street, Pecos City Manager Charles Lino said at a news conference hours after the crash.
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