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HIGH WINDS

-- Authorities say high winds caused the derailment of a BNSF train at around 3:40 a.m. on Monday southwest of Matfield Green as the train was approaching the K-177 overpass. The train was heading to Texas from Kansas City when high winds caused 21 of the 107 cars to derail.

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