A train derailment in southwestern Wisconsin sent two containers into the Mississippi River, and at least one crew member received medical attention, according to the train’s operator
A train derailment in southwestern Wisconsin on Thursday sent two derailed containers into the Mississippi River, and at least one crew member received medical attention, according to the train’s operator. The train derailed around 12:15 p.m. local time near the village of De Soto, and all crew members have since been accounted for, according to
personnel were headed to the scene, and the cause of the incident is under investigation, the railway said. The train was carrying hazardous materials, according to Marc Myhre, a Crawford County emergency management specialist. But none of hazardous materials, believed to be batteries, were in the train cars that went into the river, Myhre said.
said. “It was reported to us that there were hazardous materials on the train itself, but it is not believed to be a concern to the public or the responders at this time as those cars were contained,” Myhre said during a news conference. The units that derailed were two of the train’s three locomotives and “an unknown number of cars carrying freight of all kinds,”
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