NAVASOTA, Texas (AP) — Eight Union Pacific cars have overturned in Central Texas and at least one tanker leaked a hazardous chemical used in natural gas processing.
The Grimes County Sheriff’s Office says nobody was hurt in Monday’s derailment near Navasota (nah-vuh-SOH’-tuh). Authorities are trying to determine what caused the derailment in an area about 65 miles northwest of Houston.
UP spokeswoman Elizabeth Hutchison says the 127-car train originated in Houston and was bound for Fort Worth when the derailment happened around 6:15 a.m. CDT Monday. She says one car leaked diethanolamine (dy-eth-uh-NAL’-uh-meen) and crews worked to clean up the area.
Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Todd Greene says deputies closed nearby Highway 6 during the cleanup.
