A derailment of a South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad diesel locomotive and five tank cars occurred early Thursday morning north of Cherryvale, causing about 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel to spill onto the snow-covered tracks and a nearby ditch.

The derailment took place on the the SKO railroad tracks near county road 5200, known locally as Charloma Road.
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COFFEYVILLE — An elderly Coffeyville woman died from exposure to freezing weather Wednesday, Feb. 2, after falling in her yard.

Commander Mike Brown of the Coffeyville Police Department said Reba George, age 79, was found in her back yard at 3601 W. Seventh.  Brown said George died in the freezing weather have apparently leaving her house to remove snow from around her home.  It appears that George had fallen and was unable to get back up.

Brown said there were no signs of foul play, and George’s death is being  ruled as an accidental death due to exposure.

One of George’s neighbors contacted the police to inquire about her welfare after George had not been seen or contacted for an extended period of time.