18 WHEELER COLLIDES WITH TRAIN 10-20-2010

TRAFFIC WAS REROUTED WEDNESDAY ON HIGHWAY 49 SOUTH IN INDIANOLA AFTER AN 18-WHEELER CRASHED INTO A TRAIN NEAR THE SUPERVALU DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE. SMOKE BILLOWED FROM THE COLLISION BETWEEN THE 18-WHEELEER AND THE TRAIN SHORTY AFTER 2 P.M.  SUNFLOWER COUNTY SHERIFF JAMES HAYWOOD SAID THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK TRIED TO MAKE IT ACROSS THE TRACK BEFORE THE TRAIN CROSSED ITS PATH ON HIGHWAY 49 SOUTH.  THE ACCIDENT CAUSED SEVERAL UTILITY POLES TO SNAP AND FALL. ENTERGY AND DELTA ELECTRIC CREWS WERE ON THE SCENE TRYING TO RESTORE POWER.  FIRE CREWS ALSO RACED TO THE SCENE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE CAUSED BY THE CRASH. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED IN THE ACCIDENT. AT ONE POINT, AT LEAST HALF OF THE CITY OF INDIANOLA WAS OUT OF POWER DUE TO THE ACCIDENT. POWER WAS LATER RESTORED TO MOST OF TH CITY BY LATER WEDNESDAY EVENING.