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Officials: Vets’ float crossed track after signals

By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA
Published November 17, 2012 5:00am ET
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Officials: Vets’ float crossed track after signals
A flag flies at the scene of an accident where four veterans were killed and 16 other people were injured when a train slammed into a parade float carrying the returning heroes to a banquet last Thursday in Midland, Texas on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. Federal investigators were trying to determine whether the two-float parade had been given enough warning to clear the tracks. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca) | Juan Carlos Llorca

MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A parade float filled with wounded veterans that collided with a freight train had crossed onto the railroad tracks after warning signals were going off, investigators said Saturday.

Four veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan were killed and 16 more people were injured when the train crashed into the flatbed truck in West Texas.

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