>>THIS IS 10 NEWS AT 5 ON
BRITTANY MCGRAW AND I’M JOHN CARLIN 10 NEWS IS ON THE SCENE OF A TRAIN DERAILMENT IN
SANDSTONE
WEST, VIRGINIA.
>>CREWS SAY A ROCK SLIDE CAUSED
THE DERAILMENT RIGHT NEXT TO
THE
NEW RIVER.
>>SO WE CAN SHOW YOU SOME DRONE
VIDEO THAT OUR CREWS ON THE
SCENE HAVE TAKEN.
THIS HAS BEEN JUST THE LAST
COUPLE
OF HOURS.
AND LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
WE SEE THERE THAT YOU SEE WHAT
YOU’RE LOOKING
AT IS THE LOCOMOTIVE FROM THE
TRAIN ACTUALLY IN THE
RIVER AND I BELIEVE BRITAIN WE
WERE TOLD THIS WAS CAUSED BY A
ROCK SLIDE THAT HIT THE
TRACKS RIGHT.
WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU AT THIS
POINT CREWS SAY THERE WERE A
109 TRAIN CARS IN TOTAL WITH
ONE FUEL TANK AND LOCOMOTIVE AS
WE SHOW YOU IN THE
NEW RIVER.
>>OUR TEAM COVERAGE STARTS WITH
10 NEWS REPORTER
CONNOR DIETRICH.
>>HE IS LIVE IN SANDSTONE
TONIGHT.
CONNER WHAT’S THE LATEST YOU
CAN TELL US ABOUT THE
SITUATION.
>>WELL GUYS THIS IS ABOUT AS CLOSE TO THE SCENE AS WE CAN GET JUST ABOUT A QUARTER MILE
UP THIS RIVER AND DOWN THIS
RIVER, YOU CAN STILL SEE A
LITTLE BIT OF SMOKE KIND OF
COMING OUT FROM THE AREA THAT’S
WHERE THAT TRAIN DERAILED EARLY
THIS MORNING AND THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR THE WEST VIRGINIA EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT DIVISION SAYS A ROCK
SLIDE CAUSED A CSX TRAIN
TO DERAIL THE TRAIN
CAME AROUND THE CORNER TO FIND
A BIG BOULDER ON
THE TRACKS.
22 OF THE TRAIN
CARS DERAILED BUT THANKFULLY,
ALL OF THEM
WERE EMPTY, HOWEVER, A
LOCOMOTIVE AND FEEL TAKE DID
FALL INTO THE RIVER.
WE’RE TOLD DIESEL FUEL IS
POURING INTO THE RIVER BRIAN
TUCKER WITH
CSX SAYS RIGHT NOW IT’S ALL
ABOUT CONTAINING THAT DIESEL
GOING INTO THE RIVER ALMOND
READ TO YOU A QUOTE HE
GAVE ME QUOTE SO OUR PRIORITY
RIGHT NOW IS CONTAINMENT OF THE
DIESEL FUEL THAT HAS LEAKED
FROM
THE LOCOMOTIVES.
THANKFULLY, THE DIESEL THAT
LEAKS FROM THE LOCOMOTIVE THAT
IS IN THE RIVER IS BEING
CONSUMED BY FIRE
TUCKER SAYS THAT
ONCE THEY ARE ABLE TO CONTAIN
THE AREA THAT THE CREW WILL
COME IN IT START DISMANTLING
THE
TRAIN CARS AND START CLEANING
UP THE AREA GUYS.
>>SO KIND OF THAT KIND
OF BEGS THE QUESTION YOU’VE GOT
THE FUEL IT IS BURNING OFF TO A
CERTAIN EXTENT, BUT WHAT SORT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WE
LOOKING AT
WITH THAT WITH LOCOMOTIVE IN
THE RIVER RIGHT.
>>YEAH JOHN WELL RIGHT NOW WHAT WE’RE TOLD IS THAT THE WESTERN FRINGE, THE WEST
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND
HUMAN RESOURCES.
THEY’VE NOTIFIED PEOPLE
DOWNSTREAM PUBLIC WATER
SYSTEMS DOWNSTREAM ABOUT THE
SITUATION RIGHT NOW THEY’RE NOT
SAYING THAT THERE’S ANY ACTIVE
THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE ALSO WONDERING WHAT’S
HAPPENING A LITTLE BIT MORE
CLOSE
TO HOME.
AGENCIES IN SOUTHWEST,
VIRGINIA ARE KEEPING TRACK OF
THE SITUATION.
BUT RIGHT NOW THEY’RE TELLING
US THEY ARE ALSO NOT WORRIED AT
THIS MOMENT,
REPORTING LIVE IN SUMMERS
COUNTY WEST, VIRGINIA.
CONNOR DIETRICH 10 NEWS WORKING
FOR YOU.
FOR YOU. >>ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU CONDOR THERE AGAIN YOU STILL SEE SOME
OF THE VIDEO BESIDE US FROM OUR
DRONE THAT IS CIRCLING OVER THE
AREA WE’RE WORKING FOR YOU TO
LEARN
MORE ABOUT HOW THIS TRAIN
DERAILMENT HAPPENED AND WHERE
IT WAS COMING FROM IN TERMS OF
THE TRAIN
WHERE WAS IT GOING SO FOR 10
NEWS REPORTER SYDNEY.
JACKS TIMER JOINS US IN THE
STUDIO, SHE’S WORKING FOR YOU
TO ANSWER.
>>OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WE
ALL HAVE HAVE ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED YET LOTS OF QUESTIONS
STILL VERY EARLY ON IN THIS
INVESTIGATION, BUT CSX
OFFICIALS TELL US THAT
RAIN HAD 109 EMPTY
COAL CARS IN 22 OF THOSE CARS
DERAILED FROM
THE TRACK AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE
CARS ONE
OF THOSE CARS FELL IN AND THEN
ANOTHER ONE LIKE CONNOR SAID A
TANK OF FUEL CELL INTO THE
RIVER.
WE’RE TOLD THE TRAIN WAS
TRAVELING FROM NEWPORT NEWS TO
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA.
AND THEN WAS SCHEDULED TO
TRAVEL DOWN
TO DANVILLE NOW TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS IT’S THESE PHOTOS.
THE FIERY SITE IS FROM THE
DIESEL FUEL FROM THE
TRAIN’S ENGINE, NOTHING THAT
THE TRAIN
WAS CARRYING.
WE ARE TOLD TO CARS FELL INTO
THE
NEW RIVER, ONE OF WHICH WAS A
FUEL TANK CAUSING DIESEL FUEL
TO SPILL INTO THE NEW RIVER
BUT AGAIN AS OFFICIALS SAY THIS
WILL NOT IMPACT US HERE
IN VIRGINIA.
NOW AT THIS TIME WE ARE UNSURE
AS TO WHAT KIND OF
INVESTIGATION WILL BE CONDUCTED
ON
THIS DERAILMENT BUT WE’RE GOING
TO CONTINUE WORKING FOR YOU
GUYS AT HOME AND WILL BE
WORKING HERE AND GIVE YOU GUYS
AS MUCH AS WE LEARN.
OF COURSE THIS IS A CONTINUING DEVELOPING SITUATION AND WE’RE WORKING FOR YOU TO GET
MORE INFORMATION.
>>WE’LL HAVE THE LATEST ON THIS
DERAILMENT TONIGHT ON 10 NEWS
AT
5.30.