A small plane has crashed west of Chadron this afternoon, and emergency responders were tasked with responding to a train derailment and an associated fire in the same vicinity a short time later.Â
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The wreckage of a plane which crashed west of Dakota Junction can be seen through the trees. Chadron Volunteer Fire Department, Dawes County Sheriff, Nebraska State Patrol and Chadron Police Department were among those who responded to the accident Wednesday afternoon.
The wreckage of a plane which crashed west of Dakota Junction can be seen through afternoon heat waves. Chadron Volunteer Fire Department, Dawes County Sheriff, Nebraska State Patrol and Chadron Police Department were among those who responded to the accident Wednesday afternoon.
Two Nebraska Northwestern engines list to the side after a derailment west of Dakota Junction, Wednesday afternoon. Chadron first responders also responded to an associated grass fire and also a place crash located within miles of the derailment at about the same time. According to Chadron Dispatch Center, the initial call regarding the plane crash came at 2:28 p.m. The call regarding the derailment came at 2:55 p.m.
Two Nebraska Northwestern engines list to the side after a derailment west of Dakota Junction, Wednesday afternoon. Chadron first responders also responded to an associated grass fire and also a place crash located within miles of the derailment at about the same time. According to Chadron Dispatch Center, the initial call regarding the plane crash came at 2:28 p.m. The call regarding the derailment came at 2:55 p.m.
Fire and rescue personnel and the Dawes County Sheriff are on scene at a plane crash west of Chadron. It appears a small private plane went down.
First responders are on the scene of a plane crash west of Chadron. Emergency personnel were called to the crash around the same time they were also asked to respond to a train derailment and fire near Dakota Junction.
Two engines on a Northwest Nebraska Railroad train sit lopsided on the tracks after a train derailment Wednesday afternoon. Emergency responders were called to the train derailment and an associated fire that burned about one acre around the same time a small plane crashed nearby.
