Missouri overpass collapses

A highway overpass has collapsed in Missouri, following a freight train collision that slammed rail cars into one of its support pillars. The incident occurred just before dawn, as two trains collided and derailed by Highway M near Scott City, about 120 miles south of St. Louis. 

Seven people were injured, two train employees and five individuals in cars on the overpass. All were hospitalized and are reported to be in fair condition. Scott County Sheriff's dispatcher Clay Slipis told Reuters that “one train T-boned the other one and caused it to derail, and the derailed train hit a pillar, which caused the overpass to collapse.”