{"id":412939,"date":"2026-08-21T14:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/412939\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T14:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:48:10","slug":"el-paso-streets-reopening-after-train-derailment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/412939\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso streets reopening after train derailment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"http:\/\/ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 As of Friday morning, Aug. 21, barricades are being removed and streets are reopening following yesterday&#8217;s train derailment, according to the El Paso Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Roadways include Willow and Yandell, Texas and Cotton, and Cotton and Missouri are closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As KTSM 9 News previously reported, the derailment occurred near North Cotton Street, leaving several railcars overturned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Bridges near Central El Paso Rail Yard derailment &#039;untouched&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/news\/video-shows-train-derailment-leaves-numerous-railcars-overturned\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Bridges near Central El Paso Rail Yard derailment &#8216;untouched&#8217;\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The scene was turned over to Union Pacific for cleanup and removal of the derailed train cars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident is under investigation. There were no injuries reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">We will update this article as we learn more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 As of Friday morning, Aug. 21, barricades are being removed and streets are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[144072,138,140,139,2263,498,838,82338],"class_list":["post-412939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-derailed-train","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-el-paso-police-department","tag-ktsm","tag-streets","tag-train-derailment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}