TAYLOR, La. — A major Louisiana highway remains closed following the derailment of a CPKC train on Friday, KSLA-TV reports.
Approximately 29 cars of a train derailed near the unincorporated community of Taylor about 7:30 a.m. Friday, closing U.S. Route 80 between Oscar Kilpatrick Road and Martin Pond Road in the community of Ada, according to the Bienville Parish Sheriff. As of Sunday, a spokeswoman for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development told the station the road remains closed.
“Apparently, the train was hauling new vehicles, and those all have to be cleaned up and moved as part of the operations,” LaDOTD’s Erin Buchanan said. “It may be a few more days before U.S. 80 can be reopened.”
The derailment site is about 40 miles east of Shreveport, La., on CPKC’s Vicksburg subdivision.
