Semi-Truck Driver Dies After Train Derails and Bridge Collapses on Colorado Highway

The National Transportation Safety Board announced Sunday that it is investigating the accident

A semi-truck driver was killed after a railroad bridge collapsed from the derailment of a coal train on Sunday afternoon in Pueblo, Colorado.

CBS News reported that the Colorado State Patrol said the driver was a 60-year-old man from California.

According to the Associated Press, Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Gayle Perez said it has yet to be determined if there were any other vehicles involved in the accident.

Per CNN, no train personnel were injured from the derailment and resulting bridge collapse.

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On Sunday, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg shared on X that he was “in touch” with Gov. Jared Polis and “debriefed” by the Federal Railroad & Federal Highway administrations on the accident. He noted that the United States Department of Transportation's “staff are en route."

Buttigieg wrote in a separate post: “State & local authorities are leading the immediate emergency response, and we will be ready to help in any way needed to support a swift return to normal use for the highway and rail routes affected.”

As of Monday afternoon, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) said the nine-mile road traveling northbound on Interstate 25 where the accident occurred is closed and “will be an extended closure.”

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Per AP News, Perez said it will remain unclear when the section of the highway will be open until investigators examine the scene.

BNSF Railway, the Forth Worth-based operator of the coal train, said its staff is helping to clean up the wreckage, according to CNN. CBS News reported that “heavy construction equipment was brought in to help with the effort.”

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) wrote in a post on X on Sunday that it is investigating the accident.

Former NTSB accident investigator Russell Quimby told AP News that the bridge most likely did not collapse because it was not strong enough. Instead, Quimby said part of the train probably crashed into the side of the bridge, “causing the girders that hold it up to be displaced” and thus the structure to give way.

However, Quimbly also noted that investigators will examine if foul play was involved.

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“Usually that’s pretty obvious,” Quimby said. “If they find something that looks like some kind of vandalism or foul play, they would call in the FBI and it would become a crime scene.”

Per AP News, it is unclear who owns the bridge as a BNSF spokesperson said the state owns it, but CDOT spokesperson Bob Wilson said on Monday that BNSF was the owner and thus is in charge of examining the structure.

However, the outlet reported that Wilson said state officials are “going through their records” to determine who owns the bridge.

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