West Virginia
Crews respond to West Virginia train derailment off New River
SUMMERS COUNTY, Va. – Crews are at present responding to a prepare derailment in West Virginia, based on WVVA.
The West Virginia Emergency Administration Division instructed WVVA that the derailment was brought on by a rockslide.
The prepare was made up of 109 prepare vehicles, all of which had been empty. The incident did trigger a number of the vehicles to catch hearth and despatched no less than one locomotive and one gas tank into the New River. Diesel gas from the wreck was seen spilling into the New River.
10 Information has reached out to VDEM, DEQ, VDH and different native organizations who all say that whereas they’re at present monitoring the state of affairs, they don’t foresee this inflicting an issue for the New River domestically resulting from the truth that the river flows South to North.
Based on WVVA, the accident occurred simply south of Sandstone contained in the New River Nationwide Park and Reserve.
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