Train derails, spills diesel in river after hitting rockslide in W. Virginia

A CSX freight train derailed in Sandstone, and West Virginia's governor acknowledged “heightened alert” after the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment.

“I know we’re all on heightened alert with what’s happened in East Palestine, Ohio, but I do think that this situation is under control,” he said.four of the train’s locomotives — the cars that pull the other ones along the track —

The crash in West Virginia involved empty coal cars, according to CSX. “There were no hazardous materials being transported by this train,” it said in a news release. “The incident posed no danger to the public,” the company said.

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