New lawsuit blames 7 deaths on 2023 East Palestine train derailment
On Feb. 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed after a railcar's wheel bearing overheated, causing a fire. Three days later, officials conducted a "controlled release" of several tank cars that were filled with vinyl chloride, a toxic and flammable gas that can cause certain cancers, to prevent an explosion.
Vice President JD Vance will return to East Palestine later today for the 2-year anniversary of when dozens of train cars, including 10 carrying hazardous materials, derailed in a fiery crash.
It was two years ago that the lives of residents of nearby East Palestine ... after a train derailed near Market Street when a mechanical issue with a rail car axle caused a fiery accident.
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