(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 12, 2010.)
WINDHAM, Conn. — Connecticut environmental officials have returned to the site of a freight train derailment in Windham to oversee the removal of four cars carrying ethanol that went off the tracks.
None of the tank cars was punctured in Thursday morning’s accident, and no one was injured. Crews working for Providence & Worcester Railroad on Friday are trying to remove three tankers that fell over and put one that remained upright back on the tracks.
The train was headed to Providence, R.I., from North Dakota. Officials say 71 cars continued on to Providence.
Crews planned to remove the liquid ethanol from the 30,000-gallon tank cars before moving them.
The cause of the derailment remains under investigation.