Freight trains derail after Indiana collision
By The Associated Press
This article was published January 6, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.
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VALPARAISO, Ind. — Officials say two people were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after three freight trains derailed in northwest Indiana.
Black smoke billowed from several mangled train cars hours after the Friday accident.
Porter County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Larry LaFlower says officials have evacuated 50 to 150 homes within about a mile of the tracks as a precaution.
He says the crash happened about 2:15 p.m. when one train pulling mostly empty tankers of ethanol was stopped on the tracks and a second train rear-ended it. He says a third train on parallel tracks then came up and struck the derailed cars.
Hazardous materials teams and federal investigators are on the scene along with dozens of firefighters and emergency personnel.
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Oldearkie says... January 6, 2012 at 9:48 p.m.
"He says the crash happened about 2:15 p.m. when one train pulling mostly empty tankers of ethanol was stopped on the tracks and a second train rear-ended it".
Now this: He says the crash happened about 2:15 p.m. when one train pulling mostly empty ethanol tankers was stopped on the tracks and a second train rear-ended it.
At the paper, there are a lot of changes going on, mostly not for the best. How about getting really outlandish and hiring a proof reader?
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