2 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 ...

2 days ago · This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed on Friday night, February 3, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio are still on fire at mid-day Saturday ...

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]

2 days ago · 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 used to represent as a ...

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.

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.

Jul 19, 2024 · WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today published its accident investigation report on the Norfolk Southern Railway train derailment that occurred in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 3, 2023.

Jun 26, 2024 · The NTSB says a flaming wheel bearing caused the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, last year. The board also says the decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the vinyl chloride that was inside was botched and unnecessary. (AP Video by Patrick Orsagos)

Feb 14, 2023 · On Feb. 3, at approximately 8:54 p.m., local time, eastbound Norfolk Southern Railway, general merchandise freight train 32N, derailed on main track 1 in East Palestine, Ohio. As a result of the derailment, 38 rail cars derailed and …

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.