CHOUDRANT, La. — Twenty-four cars of a westbound CPKC train derailed Wednesday afternoon east of Choudrant, the Ruston Daily Leader reports.
The incident occurred about 2:30 p.m. No injuries were reported and no hazardous materials were involved, according to law enforcement officers on the scene. Cleanup was underway as of Wednesday evening; no information was available as to a cause of the derailment.
Choudrant is a village of 1,458 as of the 2020 census. The derailment site is about 10 miles east of Ruston on CPKC’s Vicksburg Subdivision, and 75 miles east of Shreveport.
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