Norfolk Southern train cars derail into river near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

LOWER SAUCON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS) — A Norfolk Southern freight practice has derailed close to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania within the Lehigh Valley on Saturday morning, in accordance with an area hearth firm and Northampton County authorities.

Photos from the Nancy Run Fireplace Firm’s Fb web page present a practice off its tracks on Riverside Drive in Decrease Saucon Township, Pennsylvania. The practice was hauling boxcars and tanker automobiles, the photographs present.

The tracks are subsequent to the Lehigh River. The photographs additionally present at the least one practice automotive partially submerged within the river.

Nancy Run Fireplace Firm says nobody was injured within the derailment.

Northampton County Govt Lamont McClure stated nobody is being evacuated from the realm and nothing seems to be leaking from the containers on the practice.

Emergency responders from Northampton and Lehigh counties are on the scene, McClure wrote on Fb.

“Norfolk Southern is on web site and is doing an evaluation. A very powerful factor we are able to do for our first responders is keep away from the positioning!” the submit says.

Norfolk Southern has come below hearth prior to now yr over a number of practice derailments, probably the most notable in East Palestine, Ohio, when 38 automobiles of a 151-car practice carrying hazardous supplies derailed and 12 others caught hearth. Since then, residents of the jap Ohio city have reported well being issues and there have additionally been wildlife deaths.

Norfolk Southern had a number of derailments final yr together with one on April 8 in Pittsburgh and one other on Might 10 in New Citadel, Ohio.

We have reached out to authorities and Norfolk Southern for extra data and can present updates once we hear again.