CSX train derails in Haysi in Dickenson County (Virginia)
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Source: Bristol Herald Courier
State hazardous material and federal transportation officials arrived in Dickenson County Saturday afternoon following the derailment of 18 cars from a CSX train bound for Kentucky that had four of those freight cars plunge into the Russell Fork River.
CSX regional spokesperson Bob Sullivan said Saturday that the derailment happened just before 10 a.m. when the train traveling northward from Hamlet, North Carolina to Russell, Kentucky with two locomotives and 64 cars derailed just outside the town of Haysi.
No injuries were reported and the cause of the derailment is still under investigation, Sullivan said.
Haysi Volunteer Fire Department Chief Rocky Wood said that four of those containers were empty, according to the CSX manifest of the train that was given to them when they arrived on the scene to plan the emergency response needed.
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This story has also made national news; see CNN.com "CSX train derails, tosses cars into river".
Back in 2012, another CSX train derailed in Ellicott City, Maryland and killed two women who were sitting on a bridge. The Baltimore Sun later reported "CSX has history of Maryland derailments." (http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-08-21/news/bs-md-csx-safety-20120821_1_howard-street-tunnel-derailments-csx)