Colorado, Oct 17 (AP) A broken rail caused a train derailment that collapsed a bridge over a Colorado highway, killing a truck driver and blocking the road for days, federal authorities said on Tuesday, based on their preliminary investigation.

The steel bridge built in 1958 collapsed on Sunday when 30 cars from a BNSF train hauling coal derailed while crossing over Interstate 25 north of Pueblo.

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The 60-year-old driver of a semitrailer truck that was passing beneath the bridge was killed.

I-25 is the main north-south route through Colorado. It's expected to remain closed for several more days as crews clear piles of coal and other debris from the site. (AP)

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