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Clay Burt, 63, of Sweetwater, and Phillip Araujo, 47, of Del Rio, have been confirmed by law enforcement as the two who died ...

Clay Burt, 63, and Phillip Araujo, 47, both Texas natives, tragically passed away on Wednesday due to injuries they sustained ...

The two victims were identified as Union Pacific employees Clay Burt and Phillip Araujo, according to the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation workers (SMART-TD).

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary report on the train derailment in Pecos that claimed the lives of Union Pacific workers Phillip Araujo and Clay Burt. The accident ...

Two Union Pacific employees are dead and three people are injured after a train hit a tractor-trailer stopped on the railroad ...

Dec. 20—Phillip Araujo and Clay Burt have been identified by coworkers as the two Union Pacific workers killed in a train derailment in Pecos. The train derailed around 5 p.m. Wednesday in Pecos ...