Three Norfolk Southern Trains Derail in Pennsylvania, Spilling Diesel into Lehigh River

No injuries or hazardous material concerns reported as experts and local agencies respond to the incident.

Three Norfolk Southern trains derailed in eastern Pennsylvania after a collision, causing a diesel fuel spill into the Lehigh River but no injuries or hazardous material concerns.
The National Transportation Safety Board is sending experts to assess the incident, which involved a collision between an eastbound train and a stopped train, leading to a third train's derailment.
Local emergency agencies responded quickly, deploying containment booms to manage the diesel spill and planning a cleanup of plastic pellets spilled on the ground.
The incident comes just over a year after a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, raising concerns about the company's safety culture.
Officials and Norfolk Southern assure the public there is no threat to safety, and cleanup efforts are underway, with investigations to understand and prevent future incidents.