Officials warn against well water use near CSX train chemical fire site in Maryville, Tennessee

Posted: July 07, 2015

 

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -

Officials are advising residents against the use of well water in the area where a CSX train car carrying hazardous material derailed and caught fire in east Tennessee.

The Environmental Protection Agency and state and local officials said Tuesday that a well water sample within about 350 feet of the train derailment site has shown detections of acrylonitrile, a hazardous material used in multiple industrial processes.

The chemical was in a train car that derailed and burned last week in Maryville, leading to the evacuation of about 5,000 residents.

Officials said 10 wells are located in the area, but it was not immediately clear how many homes are affected. Police officers are knocking on doors to locate unidentified wells in the area.

Municipal water supplies are not affected.

Family of 3 killed in truck, train collision in Harwood, Texas after the father attempted to drive around the arms in an attempt to beat the train

Valerie Reddell/Gonzales Inquirer

Train, truck collision

An army of first responders is at the scene of a deadly pickup vs train crash in Harwood.

  

Posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 6:00 am

 

By Rob Ford rob@gonzalesinquirer.com 

 

HARWOOD, TEXAS

A collision involving a truck and a train on FM 794 Saturday night claimed the lives of three members of a Harwood family when the driver of the truck tried to go around the crossing arms and was struck by the approaching train, officials say.
At 10:16 p.m. July 4, a 2004 Dodge 1500 pickup driven by Javier Castillo, 46, of Harwood, was northbound on FM 794 toward the intersection with the railroad tracks when the crossing arms deployed in front of it, Texas Highway Patrol spokesman Deon Cockrell said.
Castillo attempted to drive around the arms, however, in an attempt to beat the train, but the train struck the passenger side of the Dodge, carrying the truck for approximately 4/10 mile before coming to a stop. Castillo, his wife Lilia and their 13-year-old daughter Christy were killed instantly.

Cockrell said the train remained on the tracks throughout the duration of the incident, and that no one aboard the train was injured.

Worker critically injured by electric shock in Leesburg, Georgia

Posted: July 07, 2015

By Dave Miller

LEESBURG, GA (WALB) - 

Workers were moving a large electric welding machine Tuesday morning in Leesburg, when the machine tipped over and trapped a man.

22 year old Cody Dooling was caught under the machine for several seconds before others could get it off him. During that time, he came in contact with about 240 volts of electricity.

Lee County EMS Chief  Bobby Watkins  said it happened about 11:00, and then Dooling was taken to Phoebe Putney, in critical condition.

The company where Dooling works makes custom outdoor equipment that attaches to vehicles for hunting.

1 Worker Killed When Embankment Collapses at Bridge Site in Columbia County, PA

Posted 12:06 pm, July 7, 2015, by Nikki Krize

GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP, PA

Emergency crews were called to a collapse at a construction site in Columbia County where one worker has been killed.

Crews say an embankment collapsed around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at a bridge project off Route 42 in Greenwood Township, near Millville.

One neighbor describes this as a “horrifying scene” on Eyersgrove Road.

According to emergency crews, an embankment collapsed, partially burying one of the men working on the bridge over Little Fishing Creek.

The coroner is at the scene.

According to PennDOT, a contractor, Susquehanna Supply out of Williamsport, is in charge of the bridge project. It started in June.

The crew is reconstructing, repainting, and paving parts of the bridge.

Firefighters say crews are now working to prevent the embankment from collapsing again. After they determine the area around the bridge is safe they will remove the man’s body.

The victim’s name has not been released.

Massive house explosion in a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA; Gas, fire crews investigating the cause

Reported house explosion in North Braddock

PITTSBURGH, PA 

Emergency crews and utility officials are on the scene of a house explosion in North Braddock.

Alvin Henderson, Allegheny County's chief of emergency services, confirms there was a report of an explosion shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday in the 1200 block of Rebecca Avenue.

Video from Chopper 11 shows significant damage to the residence, which appears to be unstable but not completely leveled.

Sources tell Channel 11's Pamela Osborne that two people walked away from the incident unharmed.

Robert Kosko Jr. told Osborne that he was upstairs and his wife, Deborah, was in the basement when the explosion occurred.

Peoples Natural Gas spokesman Barry Kukovich says crews are working with the fire marshal to ensure there are no gas leaks in the neighborhood and working to determine if a leak caused the explosion. That remains under investigation.

Kukovich says Peoples installed a new gas meter there on June 22 and did a safety check at that time.

A woman who is seven months pregnant told Osborne she and her co-worker were nearly hit by flying debris moments after the blast.

The incident remains under active investigation.

North Braddock is a suburb about 10 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, along the Monongahela River.