Montana Train Derailment Sends Freight Cars Into Yellowstone River
Ten cars from a freight train plunged into the Yellowstone River in Montana on Saturday after a derailment and a bridge collapse, causing asphalt and molten sulfur cargo to spill into the water, the authorities said.
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality tested the water along waterways and treatment facilities in Yellowstone and Stillwater Counties on Sunday and “found no negative impacts,” said David Stamey, the chief of emergency services in Stillwater County.
Officials were investigating whether the derailment or the bridge collapse happened first, as well as how much of the cargo had spread into the river.
What led up to the derailment was not immediately known, officials said.
The train cars, operated by Montana Rail Link, derailed around 6:45 a.m. local time as they headed west in Stillwater County, the county’s Disaster and Emergency Services Department said on Facebook.
Source: The New York Times
