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(AP) — Emergency crews were on the scene of a freight train derailment Thursday near Detroit that sent several train cars off the tracks, officials said.
?#BREAKING: Multiple authorities are responding to a massive train derailment outside of Detroit pic.twitter.com/AMT2Px47fN
— The Dirty Truth (Josh) (@AKA_RealDirty) February 16, 2023
Video from the scene of the derailment in Van Buren Township showed that numerous train cars from the Norfolk Southern train were off the tracks.
BREAKING: Another train derailment, this time in Van Buren Township outside Detroit, Michigan, with one car carrying hazardous materials. pic.twitter.com/gfoYj45veo
— Cristian PM (@TheCristianPM) February 16, 2023
The derailment just before 9 a.m., in an area west of Detroit Metropolitan Airport left the tracks damaged and the wheels disconnected from some rail cars, but police said there were no reported injuries and no evidence that hazardous materials were exposed in the derailment.
JUST IN: Train derails outside Detroit, Michigan, at least one car carrying hazardous materials.
Can someone tell them to not chemically nuke Detroit too?pic.twitter.com/VBiPWL7Kv2
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 16, 2023
Authorities were urging motorists and residents to avoid the area while they investigate. Several local roads were temporarily closed by the derailment.
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, said her office has been in touch with the federal officials, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She said in a statement that a train car “carrying hazardous material has been put upright and is being removed from the area of the other derailed cars” and the EPA was sending a team to the scene.
