The derailment occurred when an eastbound train struck another eastbound train stopped on the same track.
An oncoming westbound train then collided with the wreckage that had careened onto the adjacent track.
Multiple cars left the track and were strewn across the southern bank of the river.
Parts of locomotives could be seen in or immediately adjacent to the river.
An unknown quantity of diesel fuel spilled into the river, and responders set up absorbent booms to collect it. #Norfolk#Southern called it a small diesel fuel leak “common when locomotives are involved” that was contained with the booms and would be “vacuumed out.”
A “minimal” amount of polypropylene plastic pellets from one car also spilled, according to the police chief.
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