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Newscast Open and Train Derailment

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1982-12-11

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WTHI-TV
Reporter, Mike Conway
Photographer, Mark Davidson
Anchor, Dan Day

Newscast open and lead story. Train derailed near 19th and Margaret in Terre Haute. No one hurt but a school bus was waiting at the crossing. Only one train car turned over and it was filled with corn.
Milwaukee Road train on L&N tracks.
Interviews with
Steve Canal, Milwaukee Road Engineer
Dan Lee, Terre Haute Police Dept.