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Pages in category "Railway accidents and incidents in Ohio" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... 1986 Miamisburg train derailment
A small town in eastern Ohio has been rocked by a train derailment that spilled a number of hazardous chemicals into the air and ground, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate and sparking ...
Residents of the area remain anxious about the contamination. The judge also remarked that Norfolk Southern “shared responsibility” request would only delay lawsuits that the EPA and the State of Ohio had filed against the company. [135] The company agreed in April 2024 to pay $600 million to settle the class-action lawsuit. [136]
2023 Ohio train derailment 3 February – United States – 2023 Ohio train derailment: In East Palestine, Ohio a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals, primarily vinyl chloride and butyl acrylate. The crash resulted in the evacuation of the area and activation of the Ohio National Guard.
These included an Ohio River map which distorted the contamination area, and a video of a cloud from Oregon misrepresented as the aftermath of the train crash. Read more at the AP link here.
The recent Ohio train derailment, in which carriages from a 150-car freight liner carrying toxic chemicals crashed off the tracks in the town of East Palestine, is just one of more than a dozen ...
Residents near the Ohio-Pennsylvania state line who were told to evacuate after tanker cars derailed in a fiery crash can return home after an evacuation order was lifted on Wednesday, officials said.
1972 Chicago commuter rail crash, Chicago, Illinois; 45 killed plus hundreds injured [192] [193] [194] 1973 Littlefield, Texas bus/train crash; 7 killed plus 16 injured [195] [196] 1974 Decatur tank car explosion, Decatur, Illinois; 7 killed plus hundreds injured [197] [198] 1976 1976 Beckemeyer train accident, 12 killed and four injured.