April 29th, 2013 | 
Author: CANTON, OH — A train derailment on Thursday, April 25, caused three rail cars to spill a load of plastic pellets at the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Gambrinus Yard in canton, Ohio.
Three rail cars belonging to the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad derailed and then tipped over in a rail yard in Canton, OH on April 25, 2013. Photo credit: Cantonrep.com
According to Noel Rush, spokesman for the first-responder R.J. Corman Railroad Group, three “hoppers” loaded with plastic pellets spilled at the site.
Map showing location of a Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad train derailment at the company’s Gambrinus rail yard in Canton, OH on April 25, 2013.
The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co., which is based in Brewster, sent clean-up crews from their Toledo and Pittsburgh divisions that arrived at 6 a.m. Friday after the company was notified Thursday evening.
Alec Jarvis, vice president of law and government relations for the company, said that no one was injured in the incident and that the spilled material was not hazardous.
The incident remains under investigation at this time.
Blog post by Gordon & Elias, a FELA lawyer and Ohio railroad injury lawyer who publishes train accidents and FELA legal news from across the United States.
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