Derailed train cars dangle over Youghiogheny River
Train cars hang off the side of a railroad bridge at the site of a train derailment in McKeesport on Sunday. CSX said about 12 cars of a train derailed around 11 p.m. Saturday in McKeesport while heading from New Castle to Connellsville.
Matthew Young, left, 8, and his brother Noah Harrison, 6, both of McKeesport, look from Jerome Street Bridge on to the site of a train derailment in their neighborhood Sunday.
PITTSBURGH (AP) – A couple train cars are hanging partly off a suburban Pittsburgh trestle above the Youghiogheny River after derailing, scaring people below who thought the train was ready to plunge into the river.
CSX said about 12 cars of a train derailed around 11 p.m. Saturday in McKeesport while heading from New Castle to Connellsville.
It said the 88-car train was carrying mixed freight, including carrying scrap metal and “light petroleum.”
CSX spokesman Gary Sease says the petroleum didn’t leak. No injuries were reported.
The McKeesport Marina was evacuated and McKeesport Deputy Fire Chief Don Sabol said there’s a lot of damage to the tracks. CSX said it’s not sure yet what caused the derailment.