BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a practice derailment in japanese Pennsylvania has left some railroad vehicles alongside a riverbank Saturday morning and at the very least one partially within the river itself.
Dispatchers in Northampton County mentioned the derailment was reported at 7:14 a.m. in Decrease Saucon Township. Authorities mentioned it was unclear what number of vehicles have been concerned however no accidents or hazardous supplies have been reported.
The Nancy Run Fireplace Firm posted photos exhibiting numerous railroad vehicles scattered alongside the riverbank and at the very least one partially within the water.
Norfolk Southern mentioned in a press release there was no risk to the general public, no accidents to crew members and “no hazardous materials considerations from the railcars.”
Norfolk Southern mentioned a small diesel gas leak — which the corporate mentioned was “widespread when locomotives are concerned” — had been contained with booms and can be “vacuumed out.” Plastic pellets spilled from one automobile, predominantly onto the bottom, and that may even be cleaned up, the corporate mentioned.
The corporate declined additional remark, citing an investigation to be launched by the Nationwide Transportation Security Board, on such particulars as what number of vehicles have been on the practice and what number of derailed, the place the practice got here from and the place it was headed and what sort of cargo was being transported.
Gary Weiland, who lives throughout the river in Bethlehem Township, advised The (Allentown) Morning Name he initially heard what gave the impression of a crash, then a interval of quiet adopted by the sound of one other crash.
“As the second was occurring, I went upstairs and appeared out the window and noticed a splash. I mentioned to my spouse, ‘I feel a practice derailed.’” Weiland mentioned.
This photograph offered by Nancy Run Fireplace Firm reveals a practice derailment alongside a riverbank in Saucon Township, Pa., on Saturday, March 2, 2024. Authorities mentioned it was unclear what number of vehicles have been concerned however no accidents or hazardous supplies have been reported. (Nancy Run Fireplace Firm through AP)
There was no instant phrase on the derailment’s trigger.
Norfolk Southern praised “the fast, skilled response by native emergency companies.”
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