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Tornado derails train in Kentucky

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Train Derailed From Tornado Near Earlington, Kentucky
A train has derailed near Earlington, Kentucky, due to the massive and historic tornado that cut a swath through multiple states, social media reports and videos say, and it may have slammed into houses. Matt Sanderson, sheriff for Hopkins County, Kentucky, told KYWX, “There is a train that has been turned over with the wind that came through here, the tornado that came through here in this area as well.” He said authorities are trying to assess what kind of material was on the train and how many people were injured in the area. But he described injuries as minor so far...
Train Derails in Hopkins County During Dec. 10th Tornado
Hopkins County emergency crews and residents spent Friday night into Saturday morning responding to a train derailment and other tornado damage. The train derailed between Mortons Gap, Barnsley, and Earlington, Kentucky. There are reports that several homes were damaged by the train cars...
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Train derailed by tornadoes damages homes
As tornadoes touched down Friday night and early Saturday morning in the South and Midwest, a train derailed in Hopkins Co., Ky., damaging several homes...
Tornado derails train in Kentucky (second update)
A CSX train was derailed early Saturday morning by one of a series of tornadoes that struck across a six-state area, with one car reportedly landing on a nearby home. CSX said in response to an inquiry from Trains News Wire that 28 cars, all empty, had derailed shortly after midnight. There were no injuries to the crew and no reported releases of materials into the environment. The railroad also says that contrary to a news report, no railcar hit a house...
Kentucky tornado derails a train in Hopkins County; one car lands on home
Friday night's tornado that swept across three states demonstrated its sheer power in Hopkins County, Kentucky, derailing 27 train cars near this small town. As dawn broke Saturday, crews were working to clean up the derailment on a CSX line. Workers on scene pointed to one car the tornado swept 75 yards away from the track, up a hill...
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