COSTONIA, Ohio — Fifteen cars of a Norfolk Southern train carrying trash derailed Sunday morning, Nov. 6, in Jefferson County, Ohio, WTOV-TV reports, sending some containers of refuse into the Ohio River.
The derailment was reported to authorities about 7 a.m., Rob Herrington, deputy director of the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency, told WKBN-TV that no injuries had been reported. He said booms had been deployed in the river to contain floating debris. R.J. Corman Railroad Services was on scene performing cleanup work, he said.
The cause of the derailment is under investigation.
The accident site, between Stuebenville and Toronto, Ohio, is about 30 miles north of Wheeling, W.Va.
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