Paulsboro Train Derailment

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.