This month’s list of train derailments in the nation continues to grow, as news of a freight train accident in Baltimore County, Maryland is confirmed.
The derailment caused a half-mile area to be evacuated and authorities are concerned that at least one person is trapped in the rubble.
According to CNN:
A truck was involved in the incident, and a resulting hazardous-materials situation is prompting the evacuation of a half-mile area, according to a Baltimore County police official who declined to be named, citing department policy.
The official did not specify the type of truck or how it was involved.
Video from CNN affiliate WBAL showed at least five of the train’s cars off the track, and white and black smoke rising in separate columns from the wreckage.
This story is developing.
SOURCE: CNN
