Ohio derailment clean-up to take several days NEWSWIRE

Ohio derailment clean-up to take several days NEWSWIRE

By Angela Cotey | May 29, 2019

| Last updated on November 3, 2020


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WELLINGTON, Ohio — Media outlets are reporting that there are no injuries after a CSX Transportation train derailed in north-central Ohio town of Wellington on Tuesday.

The Elyria, Ohio, Chronicle-Telegram reports that 22 cars and two locomotives derailed Tuesday morning in the center of Wellington on the former “Big Four” New York Central main line. The derailment sparked a fire that local fire fighters extinguished quickly. No cause for the derailment has been reported yet as officials investigate.

Officials tell the newspaper that clean-up is expected to be complete in two to three more days.

More information is available online. 

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