Freight train carrying hazardous materials derails, leaks
NEWBURGH, N.Y. — A CSX freight train carrying hazardous materials slammed into a vehicle that was being driven across the tracks on Tuesday and derailed, spilling sulfuric acid.
The lead locomotive of the 77-car train ended up straddling both lanes of a two-lane road in Newburgh, in the Hudson Valley about 60 miles north of New York City.
State police said that the train derailed after striking an equipment loader and that two crew members suffered minor injuries.
CSX spokesman Rob Doolittle said the train, travelling from Selkirk to Waycross, Georgia, was carrying sulfuric acid, sodium hydroxide, cardboard, corn oil and glass products.