No injuries in central Pa. Norfolk Southern derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 3, 2009.)
McVEYTOWN, Pa. Norfolk Southern is cleaning up debris from a train derailment in rural central Pennsylvania.
No injuries were reported. Railroad spokesman Rudy Husband says an investigation is under way to determine why 28 cars of a 121-car eastbound freight train headed for Allentown left the tracks late Wednesday night near McVeytown in Mifflin County.
Husband says one derailed car contained a hazardous chemical but was not damaged.
The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency says other cars carried corn syrup, wheat and plastic pellets. A PEMA report says that rail service through the area may not be restored until at least late Friday night.
