VIDEO: Train Derails, Collapses Bridge Near Glenview-Northbrook

A bridge overpass near the Glenview-Northbrook border collapsed earlier today after a freight train derailed on the Union Pacific tracks near Willow and Shermer Roads, The Chicago Tribune reports.  

According to Union Pacific officials, the train had three locomotive engines and four of its 138 cars had derailed, though there were no reported injuries.

Crews were sent to the area around 1:45 p.m., according to police, and witnesses said a small fire was also observed. There was another derailment in June 2009 at the same location, officials said. 

Jashwant Patel, who owns a Subway near where the accident occurred, told the Sun-Times the bridge was repaired recently.

“This bridge was closed for three months last year while it was fixed and they said it would last 100 years,” Patel told the Sun-Times. “It’s the 4th of July and it hasn’t even lasted a year.”

For commuters looking to avoid traffic, Willow has been blocked off by emergency personnel.

Above, watch footage caught on video by local witness Wilbur William. Stay tuned to Patch for more details as they become available.

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