BNSF train derailment south of Cocolalla Lake

A BNSF train carrying corn derailed Monday morning in Bonner County, south of Sandpoint. The crash was reported just after 6 a.m., south of Cocolalla Lake, according to Bonner County dispatch. The crash did not cause a fire. About 25 of the 110 cars derailed, said Gus Melonas, BNSF spokesman. Five cars tipped on their side. All cars on the train were filled with corn. No one was injured in the incident.

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Mon., May 1, 2017

As many as a dozen train cars, filled with corn, lie along U.S. Highway 95 in the Cocollalla area north of Coeur d’Alene, Monday, May 1, 2017, where they derailed in the early morning hours. No one was hurt and BNSF crews were on scene quickly.

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Repair crew personnel look over the dozen or so train cars, filled with corn, that lie along U.S. Highway 95 in the Cocolalla area north of Coeur d’Alene, Monday, May 1, 2017, where they derailed in the early morning hours. No one was hurt and BNSF crews were on scene quickly.

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As many as a dozen train cars, filled with corn, lie along U.S. Highway 95 in the Cocolalla area north of Coeur d’Alene, Monday, May 1, 2017, where they derailed in the early morning hours. No one was hurt and BNSF crews were on scene quickly.

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As many as a dozen train cars, filled with corn, lie along U.S. Highway 95 in the Cocolalla area north of Coeur d’Alene, Monday, May 1, 2017, where they derailed in the early morning hours. No one was hurt and BNSF crews were on scene quickly.

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When they derailed, these train cars, filled with corn, were crushed and torn open along U.S. Highway 95 in the Cocolalla area north of Coeur d’Alene, Monday, May 1, 2017. No one was hurt and BNSF crews were on scene quickly.

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A member of the BNSF repair crew stands near train cars, filled with corn, that derailed along U.S. Highway 95 in the Cocolalla area north of Coeur d’Alene, Monday, May 1, 2017. No one was hurt and BNSF crews were on scene quickly.

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As many as a dozen train cars, filled with corn, lie along U.S. Highway 95 in the Cocolalla area north of Coeur d’Alene, Monday, May 1, 2017, where they derailed in the early morning hours. No one was hurt and BNSF crews were on scene quickly.

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Personnel from BNSF railroad gather and confer along U.S. Highway 95 in the Cocolalla area north of Coeur d’Alene next to one of a dozen or so derailed train cars of corn, Monday, May 1, 2017. No one was hurt and BNSF crews were on scene quickly.

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As many as a dozen train cars, filled with corn, lie along U.S. Highway 95 in the Cocolalla area north of Coeur d’Alene, Monday, May 1, 2017, where they derailed in the early morning hours. No one was hurt and BNSF crews were on scene quickly.

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