(Source: The Daily Times, February 29, 2020)
MARYVILLE, Tenn. — A 2018 federal lawsuit filed on behalf of 394 residents suing over a train derailment incident in July 2015 in Maryville is coming to a close. The case targeted the owner and operator of the train, CSX Transportation Inc., as well as Union Tank Car Co. UTC owned and manufactured the tank car that derailed and caught fire in 2015. A toxic chemical called acrylonitrile started leaking into the ground, and fumes from the burning chemical were sent into the air.
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