Paulsboro Train Derailment

The National Transportation Safety Board continues their investigation into Friday's train derailment in Paulsboro but has not yet been able to physically inspect the bridge or acutal train cars yet

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Heavy fog is delaying plans to start clearing a train derailment that caused a chemical spill and the evacuation of a 12-block area in Paulsboro.

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The National Transportation Safety Board says the train that derailed in Paulsboro on Friday was traveling at a safe speed and was given clearance to cross the bridge by a dispatcher before collapsing into Mantua Creek.

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The United State Coast Guard said 106 homes were evacuated on Friday night after levels of vinyl chloride spiked in the area of the earlier train derailment.

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An 84-car train derailed Friday morning in Paulsboro and went into Mantua Creek releasing toxic chemicals into the air with area residents urged to stay indoors for a time.

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A train carrying a tanker of vinyl chloride derailed on a swing bridge in Paulsboro on Friday leaving several cars in the Mantua Creek and causing some anxious moments before the chemical dissipated.

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Today's rail bridge collapse in Paulsboro has led U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) to quickly begin work with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and other federal agencies to investigate the incident. Several train cars containing hazardous materials were derailed and tumbled into the Mantua Creek.

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State Senate President Steve Sweeney called in to the Jim Gearhart show this morning shortly after the news broke of a train derailment in Paulsboro, over the Mantua Bridge.

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