A fatal accident in which a freight train struck a tractor-trailer hauling a parade float in Midland, Tex. last November was caused by the failure of both the city and the parade organizer to address ...

MIDLAND — The driver of a parade float that was struck by a train tried to cross the railroad tracks after the warning bells, lights and crossing arms had been activated, preliminary information ...

MIDLAND, Texas - Cheered on by a flag-waving crowd, a parade float loaded with wounded veterans and their spouses was inching across a railroad track when the crossing gates began to lower and a ...

A float decorated with American flags and carrying wounded veterans and their spouses to a banquet in West Texas took the full force of a train at a railroad crossing, killing at least four people and ...

Midland police, fire and sheriffs respond to an accident where a trailer carrying wounded veterans in a parade was struck by a train in Midland, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. "Show of Support" ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The driver of a parade float involved in a train wreck that killed four war veterans in West Texas told investigators that the oncoming train appeared to be stationary, and that ...

MIDLAND, Texas — Four war-wounded soldiers were killed and 16 other people were injured when a Union Pacific train slammed into a parade float carrying them to a banquet in their honor in West Texas, ...