East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment - Wikipedia
On February 3, 2023, at 8:55 p.m. EST , a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, United States. The train was carrying hazardous materials when 38 cars derailed. [1]
East Palestine train derailment blamed for 7 deaths: Lawsuit
6 days ago · EAST PALESTINE, Ohio − About two years after a toxic train derailment forced evacuations of a rural Ohio town and raised environmental concerns, a new lawsuit alleges the first wrongful death ...
East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment | US EPA
Nov 14, 2024 · At about 8:55 PM ET on February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, about a quarter-mile west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania state line. Twenty of the affected cars contained hazardous materials, including vinyl chloride, ethylene glycol, ethylhexyl acrylate, butyl acrylate and isobutylene.
Lawsuit alleges first deaths from disastrous 2023 train derailment in Ohio
Feb 3, 2025 · A lawsuit alleging for the first time that people died because of the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment has been filed ahead of Monday’s second anniversary of the toxic crash near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border amid a flurry of new litigation.. On Monday, Vice President JD Vance is also expected to visit the small community near the crash site that he …
NTSB reveals cause of 2023 toxic train crash in East Palestine, Ohio
Jun 25, 2024 · Federal investigators confirmed Tuesday that a hot railcar wheel bearing sparked a fire and caused the massive derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying tank cars with hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio, in 2023.
East Palestine derailment: Timeline of key events in toxic train ...
Jun 25, 2024 · A freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed on Feb. 3, 2023, near East Palestine, Ohio, sending toxic chemicals into the air, soil and creeks in the area.
Lawsuit blames deaths on Ohio train derailment as Vance says …
A new lawsuit alleges for the first time people died because of the disastrous 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment. The lawsuit was filed ahead of Monday's second anniversary of the toxic ...
Lawsuit alleges first deaths from disastrous 2023 train derailment in Ohio
Feb 3, 2025 · FILE - This image taken with a drone shows the continuing cleanup of portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train on Feb. 9, 2023, that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar ...
Pete Buttigieg breaks silence after criticism over Ohio train derailment
Feb 14, 2023 · Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has spoken out after a train containing hazardous materials derailed on February 3, in the Ohio town of East Palestine, close to the border with...
Failed Wheel Bearing Caused Norfolk Southern Train Derailment …
Jun 25, 2024 · NTSB investigators said that the derailment occurred when a bearing on a hopper car failed and overheated, leading to the fiery February 3, 2023, derailment in the center of this small Ohio town.