{"id":277534,"date":"2026-09-02T19:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/277534\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T19:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:18:10","slug":"front-end-loader-operator-injured-in-collision-with-train-in-bethlehem-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/277534\/","title":{"rendered":"Front-end loader operator injured in collision with train in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6abc Digital Staff Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788376690_819_16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, February 3, 2021<\/p>\n<p>1 injured after train collides with front-end loader<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania (WPVI) &#8212; The operator of a front-end loading tractor was injured after a collision with a train in the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It happened at a railroad crossing off Riverside Drive, near Union Station Plaza, in Bethlehem around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officials said a Norfolk Southern freight train hit the front-end loader as it was working on the property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The operator, also a Norfolk Southern employee, was ejected from the loader.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The operator was taken to the hospital with injuries. However, there is no word on the operator&#8217;s condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">No other injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, February 3, 2021 1 injured after train collides with front-end loader BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania (WPVI) &#8212; The operator&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[116277,153,116273,155,154,116274,116272,116275,116276],"class_list":["post-277534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-116277","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-accident","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-front-end-loader","tag-lehigh-valley-train-collision","tag-tractor-accident","tag-union-station-plaza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}