Train with more than two dozen cars derails in Nebraska

OAN Roy Francis
2:13 PM PT – Tuesday, February 21, 2023

A rail company confirmed that a train with 31 Union Pacific train cars derailed on Tuesday morning.

🚨#BREAKING: A Hazmat crew is being dispatched to the scene of a Union Pacific coal train derailment

📌#Gothenburg | #Nebraska⁰⁰Law enforcement and a Hazmat team have been dispatched to the site of a Union Pacific coal train derailment east of Gothenburg, Nebraska this morning… https://t.co/G58XGRbPr9 pic.twitter.com/PWYZGGmPNv

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) February 21, 2023

Union Pacific spokesperson Kristen South, reported that around 1:45 a.m. a train derailed in GothenBurg, Nebraska. The train had been transporting coal. Although no injuries were reported after the incident, a hazmat team had been deployed to the area as a precaution.

Train tracks near the site opened around 8:00 a.m. following the derailment. This incident comes weeks after the devastating incident in East Palestine, Ohio where a train derailed causing a chemical spill.

Just as Pete Buttigieg caved and announced a visit to East Palestine, Ohio, another train derails in Nebraska.

What is going on?

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The fallout from that incident is still being felt in the nearby area, with reports of symptoms and chemical fallout being reported miles away from the site.

Another train had also derailed in Michigan on February 16^th, but there were no chemical or other dangerous substances onboard the train.

The cause of the incident in Nebraska is currently under investigation South told the public, and that they will be transparent moving forward to prevent further accidents.