03/04/2024

Another Norfolk Southern Train Derails

This derailment happened in Pennsylvania

On Saturday, a Norfolk Southern train derailed; it spilled diesel fuel and polypropylene plastic pellets into the Lehigh River in eastern Pennsylvania, police said.

There were no reports of injuries to the crew on the train or evacuations or a hazardous material threat to the community, the Lower Saucon Township Police Department said in a statement.

Emergency personnel were dispatched and containment booms were deployed to control the oil spill, it added.

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