Trains collide in Minnesota, cars into Mississippi

Authorities say an accident involving two freight trains Wednesday morning injured two people, set off a propane leak and caused some railroad cars to fall into the Mississippi River.
   
La Crescent Fire Chief Bernie Buehler says the accident happened about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday near Dresbach, at the southeastern corner of Minnesota.

Buehler says two railroad employees on the trains were injured.

The immediate area has been evacuated because the accident caused a propane leak at a switching station.

Winona County Emergency Management spokesman Dave Belz said liquid ammonia leaked from some cars, too, but wasn’t a public danger.

Buehler says one train had 100 cars, and the other had 15.

Some of the cars ended up in the Mississippi River.

Crews could seefewer than half of the cars left standing.