(Reuters circulated the following on March 28, 2011.)
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A freight train derailed near Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday and authorities, suspecting a possible ammonia gas leak, evacuated nearby residents, police said.
Gary Sease, a spokesman for CSX Transportation, said 14 of the train’s 111 cars had derailed in Newton Falls, Ohio, at 7 a.m. No one was injured.
Police initially reported that 96 cars had derailed and suspicion of an ammonia gas leak prompted authorities to evacuate residents from houses located within 500 feet of the accident.
Sease said none of the derailed cars contained chemicals or had leaked any kind of substance. Two empty cars, which did not derail, had previously contained an ammonia solution, he said.
The train was heading to Cumberland, Maryland, from Willard, Ohio, when the accident occurred.
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