Here's a different view from ground level of CSX derailment in DC. pic.twitter.com/rWLdb2WUqW
— Mark Segraves (@SegravesNBC4) May 2, 2016
Startling surveillance video released Monday shows the moment a huge CSX train car plowed into the car in front of it early Sunday. One by one, the cars veer off the tracks and on top of each other.
CSX crews continued to clear rail cars from tracks near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station Monday, a day after a freight train crashed off the tracks and spilled hazardous material.
The derailment near Rhode Island Avenue and 9th Street NE about 6:40 a.m. Sunday spilled three chemicals onto the tracks, forcing the closure of the Metro station and causing disruptions to Amtrak and MARC service.
Sixteen cars slammed off the tracks near a heavily populated neighborhood. No injuries were reported, and the chemicals pose no immediate danger to the public, D.C. Assistant Fire Chief John Donnelly and CSX spokeswoman Kristin Seay said.
New video of CSX derailment in DC. pic.twitter.com/YiS7QE3UfM
— Mark Segraves (@SegravesNBC4) May 2, 2016
Slo-motion video of sparks flying from CSX train just before derailment pic.twitter.com/Nc3zrcFIrp
— Mark Segraves (@SegravesNBC4) May 2, 2016
