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NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR – A car that was stalled at a rail crossing was hit by a train in North Little Rock, AR on July 12, 2013. North Little Rock is located in Pulaski County, Arkansas in the central part of the state about 3 miles northeast of Little Rock and about 154 miles southeast of Fort Smith.

A stalled car was hit by a train at a rail crossing in North Little Rock, AR on July 12, 2013.

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McRAE, Ark. — According to Union Pacific spokeswoman Raquel Espinoza, a train derailment that occurred in White County, Ark. on March 23, was caused by a broken rail.

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ATKINS, AR. — According to Pope County Sheriff, Aaron Duvall, a woman was killed when a Union Pacific train struck her Ford Explorer in Atkins, Arkansas on Monday afternoon, May 28.

South facing view of the Avenue Four rail crossing just south of Main Street (State Highway 64) in Atkins, AR where 26 year-old Nicki Settlemire was killed when her SUV collided with a Union Pacific train.

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WRIGHTSVILLE, AR – A Little Rock man was killed Sunday when a rail cars from a Union Pacific freight train derailed and toppled over onto his car while stopped at a rail crossing in Wrighstville, AR.

Two rail cars flip over and land on a passenger car, killing the driver in a Union Pacific train derailment in Wrightsville, AR on Sunday, March 20, 2011.

Wrightsville is in Pulaski County, Arkansas in the central part of the state, about 14 miles southeast of Little Rock. ... Read More

LITTLE ROCK, AR – A Union Pacific train derailed near Little Rock Central High School on Sunday morning, November 14. Nine cars derailed near West 17th Street about 10:20 a.m., Capt. Edwin Woolf of the Little Rock Fire Department said. Emergency crews were dispatched immediately.

Union Pacific workers inspect the scene of a Union Pacific train derailment near West 17th Street in Little Rock on Sunday morning, November 14. Photo by Staton Breidenthal

Woolf said two fire trucks responded and found that “all the cars were upright and there were no leaks” or injuries. ... Read More