This so sad for all.

[tugboater]

Updated at 12:43 a.m. ET: A train crashed into a tractor-trailer carrying wounded veterans and their spouses in a parade in Midland, Texas, killing at least four people, authorities told NBC News.


Follow @NBCNewsUSAt least 17 people were hospitalized, city officials said. Twenty-four veterans and their spouses were on the tractor-trailer, according to the Midland Reporter-Telegram.

NBC station KWES of Midland said the tractor-trailer was part of the Show of Support / Hunt for Heroes parade carrying veterans and their spouses to a banquet in their honor. The benefit dinner was being put on by Show of Support, Military Hunt Inc. in Midland on Thursday night, according to the organization's website.

Midland police spokesman Ryan Stout said the crash occurred at 4:36 p.m. local time when an eastbound train hit the flatbed trailer. He said the flatbed was the last of two in the parade attempting to cross the tracks.

It's hard to look at. It's a very tragic event, very unfortunate," Midland Police Chief Price Robinson told Reuters.


James Durbin / Midland Reporter-Telegram

Bystanders react after a flatbed tractor-trailer carrying wounded veterans and their families during a parade was struck by a train Thursday in Midland, Texas.
The parade and banquet were leading up to whitetail deer-hunting trip for the veterans, according to the Midland Reporter-Telegram. Show of Support president and founder Terry Johnson told the KEWS that the events were canceled.

According the website, the organization demonstrates support for members of the military and seeks to bring public awareness of hunting and fishing

[slotpuppy]

Thats so sad, prayers for everyone involved.

[Mr_Bond_Got_Em]

It's crazy..how does something like this happen that could have been avoided?!?! SAD