August 6th, 2016
Interstate 35 access reopens after train, semi collision in San Marcos

COMPILED FROM MEDIA REPORTS

The Interstate 35 access road between Aquarena Springs Drive and Texas 80 has reopened after a freight train clipped an 18-wheeler stopped on the tracks.

A Union Pacific spokesperson told the Austin American-Statesman that an 18-wheeler driver was stopped in traffic in the 1100 block of the interstate’s access road. An oncoming train struck the back end of a gravel trailer at about 11 a.m. when the driver was unable to move the rig in time, the spokesperson said.

The access road was closed in both directions for about 2½ hours while crews cleared the scene at about 1:30 p.m. The train sustained minor damage, the railroad spokesperson told the newspaper.