{"id":32878,"date":"2012-11-15T23:26:47","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T03:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=32878"},"modified":"2012-11-15T23:49:37","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T03:49:37","slug":"train-accident-kills-four-at-veterans-day-parade-in-midland-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=32878","title":{"rendered":"Train accident kills four at Veterans Day Parade in Midland Texas."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is from a facebook a repost from our friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StolenValor?ref=stream\">Stolen Valor.<\/a> According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2012\/11\/15\/train-reportedly-crashes-into-trailer-during-texas-veterans-parade\/\">Fox News <\/a>a train struck a float that was crossing. At least four people are believed dead and seventeen injured. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans on Thursday, killing four people and injuring 17 others as the float a West Texas railroad crossing on its way to an honorary banquet, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The eastbound train was sounding its horn before it hit the float around 4:40 p.m. in Midland, Union Pacific spokesman Tom Lange said. A preliminary investigation indicates the crossing gate and lights were working at the time, Lange said, though he didn&#8217;t know if the train crew saw the float approaching.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The float that was hit was carrying veterans and their spouses. This is bad all around for everyone. We should know more after the investigation is complete. In the mean time Union Pacific is vowing to help the survivors and community through this tragedy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is from a facebook a repost from our friends at Stolen Valor. According to Fox &hellip; <a title=\"Train accident kills four at Veterans Day Parade in Midland Texas.\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=32878\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Train accident kills four at Veterans Day Parade in Midland Texas.<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":610,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blue-skies","category-veterans-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}