Iowa officials: No one hurt after train derailment

Published On: Jan 22 2013 02:35:37 PM CST
GOWRIE, Iowa (AP) -

Authorities say no one was hurt after a train derailment in north-central Iowa.

Television station KCCI reports a Union Pacific freight train derailed early Tuesday morning near Gowrie.

The train was loaded with corn and was bound for Texas. The station reports corn was scattered around some of the damaged freight cars.

Additional information was not available. Authorities are still investigating the cause.

Gowrie is located about 80 miles northwest of Des Moines.

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