By Sean Hauser
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PUEBLO - Two people are recovering in the hospital after a delivery truck ran into a train at the Pueblo Chemical Depot.

"About 8:30 this morning a delivery car was exiting the post," said Ken Roque, with the Pueblo Chemical Depot.

At the same time, a set of empty railcars were being moved along a nearby railroad crossing.

"She did not see the vehicle and they collided," explained Roque.

Officials from the Pueblo Chemical Depot say the woman driving the truck never saw the train and smashed into head on.  She was airlifted to the hospital, while a man who was on the train was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

"It was a serious accident, the front of the vehicle was damaged heavily," said Roque.

The wreck closed down the on-ramps from Hwy 50 to the Chemical Depot for several hours Tuesday morning, but officials say the public was never in any danger.  The rail cars were empty and not carrying any chemicals.

"No transportation of chemical weapons, no transportation of hazardous materials and no transportation of anything that would be a risk to the public," explained Roque.

The railroad crossing at the South gate of the Depot doesn't have any lights or cross arms, but officials say it hasn't been a problem spot until today.

The names of conditions of the victims have not been released, no word yet on if the driver of the delivery truck will be ticketed.

The Pueblo Chemical Depot is a chemical weapons storage site located on the 4500 block of East State Highway 96.  The depot houses 2,611 tons of mustard agent in approximately 780,000 munitions, equivalent to about seven percent of the original chemical material stockpile of the United States. 

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