Train hits 18-wheeler carrying sugar in Combes : News : ValleyCentral.com

Train hits 18-wheeler carrying sugar in Combes

by Daisy Barrera

Posted: 11.09.2012 at 3:03 PM

Daisy Barrera

Daisy is a reporter for Action 4 News.

Read more: Local, Crime, News, Accident, Train Accident, 18 Wheeler Accident, Train To 18 Wheeler Accident, Sugar, Raw Sugar, Collision, Combes, Cameron County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

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Authorities are cleaning up an accident between a train and an 18-wheeler carrying raw sugar

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Authorities spent Friday afternoon cleaning up an accident in Combes between a train and an 18-wheeler carrying raw sugar.

It all happened off Highway 107 and Business 77 before 2 p.m. Friday.

No injuries were reported but the impact of train knocked the 18-wheeler on its side spilling raw sugar on the streets.

Crews are working to clear the wreck while the cause of the accident remains under investigation.

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