A train crashed into a parade float carrying U.S. military veterans and their spouses in West Texas on Thursday, Nov 15, killing four people and injuring 17, police and parade organizers said, according to Reuters.
Ten of the hospitalized were in critical condition and seven others were listed as stable, said Midland Police Chief Price Robinson.
Robinson said the Union Pacific train struck an open trailer carrying the veterans and their spouses as it was being pulled across the train tracks at around 4:30 pm.
The float was carrying veterans through Midland to a banquet in their honor, said Sonny Cleere, an organizer of the Hunt for Heroes event in San Angelo, Texas.
The parade kicked off a weekend of events, including the banquet and a hunting expedition, to honor wounded veterans, Cleere said. Those events have now been canceled.
