A train carrying potentially hazardous airbag components derailed near Stuttgart on Friday evening, causing no injuries but blocking both lanes of U.S. 79.
The train’s engine and about 40 railcars tipped over into the ditch on the south side of the highway between Stuttgart and Ulm, Arkansas State Police spokesperson Cindy Murphy said. The Arkansas Department of Transportation gave the time of the wreck as about 7 p.m. Friday.
No injuries had been reported, Murphy said, but first responders were clearing the area around the crash because of possible hazardous materials on the railcars. Information about the crash on the Transportation Department’s iDriveArkansas site mentioned that the cargo included airbag inflators and modules.
State troopers from troops D, headquartered in Forrest City, and E, headquartered in Pine Bluff, were on the scene Friday night, Murphy said.
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A train carrying potentially hazardous airbag components derailed near Stuttgart on Friday evening, blocking both lanes of U.S. 79.
The train ran off the rails around 7 p.m. about 4 miles northeast of Stuttgart, information from the Arkansas Department of Transportation states. It wasn’t clear as of Friday night whether there were any injuries.
The cargo of airbag inflators and modules were considered hazardous, information about the crash on the department’s iDriveArkansas site states.
