Tuesday, April 21, 2015

WISCONSIN & SOUTHERN GRAIN TRAIN DERAILED, CORN SPILLED IN JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN








APRIL 21, 2015

JANESVILLE, WIS. (AP)

Roads that were blocked overnight due to a Wisconsin & Southern Railroad train derailment Monday night are open for now, said Lt. Jim Holford of the Janesville Police Department.

“Five minutes ago the roads were opened up and the barricades are off the road,” he said at 5:45 a.m. Tuesday.

But when equipment is brought in to upright the cars and clean up the grain spill, they will be closed, again, Holford said.

The police department reported a train hauling cars filled with corn derailed on tracks south of Delavan Drive between Jerome and Putnam avenues around 9 p.m. Monday.

The department said three cars went off the rails, tipped on their sides and spilled grain. The derailment blocked Jerome, Putnam and Beloit avenues, the department wrote in a relase.

No one was injured in the derailment, and the spill isn't considered hazardous, but cleanup and removal of the train is now expected to take several hours today, Holford said.

The city barricaded streets in the area, and trucks were not able to cross train tracks in the area overnight.

South Jackson Drive and Beloit Avenue are open, police said
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