Crash of 2 freight trains kills 1 near Pittsburgh

March 16, 2010
source: AP

A crash between two freight trains near a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh has killed one person.

BRADDOCK, Pa. — A crash between two freight trains near a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh has killed one person.

The Allegheny County medical examiner says the Union Railroad worker killed is 54-year-old Andrew Monheim, of Plum.

Federal Rail Administration spokesman Rob Kulat says Monheim’s train was traveling about 10 mph.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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