United States: A Union Pacific train loaded with coal derailed on the eastern outskirts of Gothenburg, Nebraska, on Tuesday morning, the fourth such incident to hit the small community in just 10 months.
31 cars loaded with coal collapsed in a twisted wreck, requiring the assistance of emergency and railroad crews to clear the area.
A local, Jesse Ambler, told the Daily Mail that it "happens all the time." "The railroad company keeps laying off people and building longer and longer trains, but with fewer people to maintain the tracks," he said, calling the disaster-prone section of tracks "one of the busiest in America.
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In a statement made public Tuesday, Union Pacific claimed that "no one was injured," even though less than six hours had passed since the collision and train traffic had already resumed on one of the three mainline tracks. had begun. had begun. Its origin was yet to be seen.
Last year, three additional Union Pacific derailments occurred nearby. In May, a second coal train derailed southeast of Gothenburg; A month later, a similar incident occurred close to the city. In November a third strike occurred closer to Lexington.
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After a devastating crash earlier this month in East Palestine, Ohio, the American public is growing increasingly concerned about the apparent increase in accidents that coincided with Tuesday's crash.
On 3 February, a Norfolk Southern train carrying ten cars loaded with hazardous materials mysteriously derailed on a straight section of track, releasing toxic chemicals including vinyl chloride into the environment.
To resume train traffic, local officials and the rail company put out a fire in vinyl chloride, which was sold to locals as a safe "controlled burn".
Experts have cautioned that the debris and the vast toxic cloud that was burned, however, could be one of the worst environmental disasters in US history.
The Ohio River, which provides drinking water for a tenth of the US population, appears to be severely contaminated in a video posted by locals on social media.
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There were calls for the resignation of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg because of the perception that he had failed to act fast enough to address the situation in East Palestine – or that nearly three weeks had passed since the accident.