No One Injured After Freight Train Derails In Pittsburgh, Crashes Onto Tracks
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Several cars on a Norfolk Southern train derailed near Station Square on Sunday afternoon and crashed onto the light rail tracks.
It happened just after 1 p.m. as a train traveling from North Jersey to Chicago was passing above the Station Square T station.
According to Norfolk Southern officials, seven rail cars on a Norfolk Southern double-stack intermodal train transporting shipping containers derailed.
The cars were transporting consumer goods, including houseware, food and beverages, mouth wash and other common household products. There were no hazardous materials involved.
A few people were standing on the T platform at the time of the derailment, but no one was injured.