Monday, July 20, 2015

Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Shuts Down Downtown Harrodsburg Streets in Kentucky


A train derailment in downtown Harrodsburg shut down three busy streets.

It happened Monday morning around 11 a.m.  

Dispatch tells LEX 18 that the derailment shut down Office Street, E Lexington Street and Marimon Avenue.

They called the incident  a "side derailment."  
The scene has since been cleared and the engine that caused the traffic issues was sent on its way.

All roads are now open.


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Train derails in Harrodsburg (Nathan Justice, WTVQ, LLC) 
 
HARRODSBURG, Ky. (WTVQ) - 

Officials say sometime around noon Monday, a southbound Norfolk Southern train from Danville was traveling through downtown Harrodsburg when one of the locomotive’s trucks derailed.

The train was carrying 25 cars with two locomotives and had a two person crew.  Cars were disconnected from the locomotive and then it was re-railed and was able to continue on its journey after about an hour-and-a-half.

No injuries or damage was reported, though there were plenty of traffic delays in downtown Harrodsburg.