Nearly a dozen freight train cars have derailed while rolling across a bridge above a Houston highway.
Houston Fire Department officials said nobody was hurt in the accident Thursday morning. There were no immediate reports of any cargo spilling.
A statement from Kansas City Southern Railway Company said 11 cars derailed, including two that fell from the rail bridge. One derailed car ended up on the embankment. The other car landed on Old Katy Road. The Texas Department of Transportation has closed the four-lane highway in both directions.
The cause of the derailment remains under investigation. The train had a two-person crew and was bound from Beaumont to Kendleton, with two locomotives and 84 cars.
A company official said no hazardous materials were involved in the accident at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday as the train hauled various types of freight.
