(Source: Tri-City Herald, July 3, 2012)
KENNEWICK, Wash. — A loaded BNSF coal train passing through Mesa derailed Monday evening, knocking about 30 cars off the track and sparking a major cleanup effort well into today. There were no injuries to the two-person crew as about one quarter of the 125-car train left the track and tipped over, sending what witnesses described as “a haze of black smoke” into the sky.
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