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• Train Tracks Reopen in Bullitt County After Derailment

  Lee Coleman | January 22, 2007 3:06 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Friday the trains were once again rolling on the tracks in Bullitt County, after a massive derailment on Tuesday. 800 feet of new track had been laid where the fires had scorched the tracks. No answers yet from federal investigators or CSX officials on the cause of the incident. On Saturday some evacuated residents were allowed to return home briefly for necessary items and to check on pets....

• KCS Railroad Pays 37.5 Million Dollars for Crossing Injuries and Death

  Rick Shapiro | January 20, 2007 5:01 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  An amazing story of a railroad's careless conduct and the intense and lifelong consequences of such carelessness arose out of a recent 37.5 Million Dollar settlement that Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS) paid in October, 2006. I personally spoke with Tom Jones, one of the several trial lawyers with Davis, Bethune and Jones, who represented the entire family that was tragically injured...

• First Lawsuits Filed in Kentucky CSX Train Wreck

  Lee Coleman | January 19, 2007 1:21 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Our firm was the first to file a lawsuit yesterday in federal court in Louisville. Lawsuits CSX may have to face are:Personal InjuryProperty Loss or DamageLoss of IncomeLoss of BusinessForced EvacuationShelter In PlaceWe have 17 plaintiffs right now and expect more. People living within a mile have not been allowed back into their homes, some have been allowed to check on pets but only briefly....

• Train Crash Site Cleanup Started

  Lee Coleman | January 18, 2007 1:39 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals leftover from the Tuesday CSX train crash in Bullitt County begins. CSX workers began burning it off in a controlled burn. A huge pit of 90,000 gallons of 1, 3-butadiene from three rail cars is where they started. 14 cars caught fire in the crash from the 80-car train that was headed from Louisville to Birmingham, AL. Around 500 people were evacuated some...

• Train crash flames continue

  Staff Writer | January 18, 2007 1:12 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  As of yesterday afternoon, the thick cloud of smoke and dangerous flames continued at the site of the Kentucky train derailment on Tuesday. Homes, businesses and schools in the Zoneton community were still evacuated as firefighters worked around the clock to extinguish flames. Reports say that there were no serious injuries resulting from the crash and chemical fire. However, at least 24 people...

• Train Recorder May Offer Clues To Derailment

  Lee Coleman | January 17, 2007 1:12 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  A recorder was recovered from the train, and hopefully clues will be found as to why the CSX train derailed in Bullitt County yesterday. This was the second major train wreck for CSX in less than 24 hours in Kentucky. The other train wreck was in Irvine, Kentucky and happened Monday when four runaway rail cars traveled 20 miles before crashing into two parked rail cars. In the Bullitt County...

• Train Crash Still Burning

  Lee Coleman | January 17, 2007 11:27 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Wednesday morning the crash site is still burning where a CSX train derailed yesterday morning with 80 freight cars, some of which were carrying hazardous materials. Firefighters used a foam to try to extinguish the fire on a few cars but over all it was to be allowed to burn out. I-65 has reopened but may still have some more closure at some point. The shelter was still open today at Okolona...

• Kentucky train crash causes explosion, damage

  Staff Writer | January 17, 2007 5:57 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Just south of Louisville, in Bullitt County, yesterday, a train derailed, causing a major explosion and chemical fire. This is the second Kentucky train derailment in two days to cause a fire and extensive damage.Kentucky authorities closed a portion of nearby I-65 and evacuated homes, businesses and schools in the area. "We've got several chemicals there and to our knowledge that's an irritant...

• Area evacuated after Kentucky train derailment

  Staff Writer | January 17, 2007 5:42 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A major train crash occurred in Kentucky yesterday, when several train cars carrying flammable substances derailed and exploded. A section of Interstate 65 was closed, and many nearby homes, schools and businesses evacuated due to fears of contamination in the area due to the chemical fire.Bullitt County resident Daymon Strange said he was outside his home less than a half-mile from the crash...

• Toxic Train Wreck Endangers Community

  IB Contributor | January 17, 2007 12:05 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  An 80-car freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in Kentucky Tuesday and caught on fire. The incident sickened 11 people, who inhaled the toxic fumes, according to several news reports. Among the chemicals carried by the derailed cars was butadiene, a potential carcinogen used to produce synthetic rubber, chlorine residue and methyl ethyl ketone, an industrial solvent that can...