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Two crew members were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries in the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train that also led to a hazardous-materials incident on Friday (July 18, 2025). Newsweek ...
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy called the derailment "100% preventable" and said it was "no accident." Most recently, a Norfolk Southern train derailed Saturday near Springfield, Ohio.
About 2 million gallons of firefighting water from the train derailment site were expected to be disposed in Harris County, Texas, with about half a million gallons already there, according to the ...
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday toured the Ohio town near where a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying toxic chemicals derailed Feb. 3.
Friday's train derailment resulted in a "significant hazardous materials spill," Mount Carmel Mayor Joe Judge told Newsweek.
The NTSB documented similar safety issues following the February 3, 2023, derailment of a non-HHFT mixed freight train in East Palestine, Ohio. In response to the East Palestine derailment, the NTSB ...
NTSB: Train was speeding up for 1 minute before it derailed The train accident could have been preventable if the railroad had been able to monitor or override the engineer running it.
The Metra train's engineer and conductor also were injured in the crash about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in Clarendon Hills, a rail spokesman said. No one in the truck was hurt.