Train Derails Into Building in Western Pennsylvania; No Injuries Reported
Thursday, June 19, 2008
AP
June 19: A Johnstown city firefighter, right, and the engineer for CSX gesture near the train derailment in Johnstown, Pa.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. Three empty coal cars have derailed into a building in Johnstown, damaging a business and destroying a pickup truck.
CSX train spokesman Bob Sullivan says no one was injured in the crash that occurred shortly before noon Thursday.
The CSX cars damaged a building that houses the Budget Transmission, Quality Tube and Hose business.
The crash has shut down traffic in the area. Cars are being detoured around the scene.
Sullivan says the cause of the accident is still unknown. CSX will launch an investigation.
Sullivan says the train's route is from Rockwood, Pa. to Johnstown, Pa. It picks up freight cars along the route.












