KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Multiple railroad crossings in Johnson County, Missouri, are closed after 32 Union Pacific rail cars and a locomotive derailed early Friday morning.

According to a Facebook post shared at about 2:20 a.m. by Johnson County Central Dispatch, the crossings at Northeast 801 Road/Northeast 50 Highway and the 740 block of Northeast 50 Highway are closed for the derailment.

A spokesperson with the Johnson County Sheriff's Office said that the call came in around 1:20 a.m. and that the freight train was pulling 275 empty cars at the time of the crash. No injuries were reported.

JCCD originally said 20 cars derailed; however, as part of the Union Pacific Railroad's investigation, it found that about 32 cars and one locomotive derailed in the upright position.

Due to the block

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