A Union Pacific freight train derailed early Sunday morning in Alton. The derailment occurred on as a railroad bridge crossing the Floyd River collapsed, sending rail cars into the flooded waters on the north side of town.

According to Sioux County Emergency Management Director Nate Huizenga, the call came in from a Union Pacific conductor at about 4 a.m.

“It was dark yet and he just knew that the bridge probably had failed,” he said. “…The main thing was just to keep a perimeter and wait for the sun to come up and see what the damage was.”

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