Over 3 months after the East Palestine train derailment, News 5 continues to follow through in our reporting on the Norfolk Southern train derailment, but that certainly wasn't the last derailment.
SPENCER, Ohio — Three and a half months after the East Palestine train derailment, News 5 continues to follow through in our reporting on the Norfolk Southern train derailment, but that certainly wasn't the last derailment to speak of.
“Many times, that regular maintenance is forgotten in lieu of keeping the traffic moving,” said Spencer Mayor Dan DeRossett. In Ohio, there have been over 460 train derailments in nearly 10 years. Between 2014 and 2017, there were over 60 derailments, on average, a year. The exception is in 2015, where there were 50. But from 2018 through 2020 there was a drop in derailments, averaging over 40 a year. From 2021 to now, those numbers seem to be climbing again, reaching almost 50 derailments a year. So far in Ohio, for 2023, there have been 11 derailments.
The new rail safety measures, if passed, would mandate two-person crews for freight trains traveling in Ohio and require wayside defect detectors to be installed 10 to 15 miles apart.
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