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| Freight train derails and falls into Potomac River near Harpers Ferry, W.Va. | Freight train derails and falls into Potomac River near Harpers Ferry, W.Va. |
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| A freight train derailed on a bridge near Harpers Ferry, W.Va., early Saturday, spilling two cars into the Potomac River. | A freight train derailed on a bridge near Harpers Ferry, W.Va., early Saturday, spilling two cars into the Potomac River. |
| A CSX locomotive heading east between Harpers Ferry and Brunswick, Md., had been towing seven empty grain cars across the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Bridge about 2:30 a.m., when the train careened off the tracks, CSX officials said. | A CSX locomotive heading east between Harpers Ferry and Brunswick, Md., had been towing seven empty grain cars across the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Bridge about 2:30 a.m., when the train careened off the tracks, CSX officials said. |
| Two of the seven cars hurtled into the water below, officials said, toppling over a footpath frequented by visitors to the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. | Two of the seven cars hurtled into the water below, officials said, toppling over a footpath frequented by visitors to the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. |
| No one was injured, although part of the Civil War-era bridge crumbled in the crash. | No one was injured, although part of the Civil War-era bridge crumbled in the crash. |
| #Breaking Video: CSX FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILMENT in #HarpersFerry on the Winchester & Potomac Railroad Bridge @ 3:30AM, NO injuries, locomotive remained on track. Recovery crews are working to secure dangling train cars #BreakingNews @nbcwashington @TomLynch_ pic.twitter.com/fhflDZNb9f | #Breaking Video: CSX FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILMENT in #HarpersFerry on the Winchester & Potomac Railroad Bridge @ 3:30AM, NO injuries, locomotive remained on track. Recovery crews are working to secure dangling train cars #BreakingNews @nbcwashington @TomLynch_ pic.twitter.com/fhflDZNb9f |
| The footbridge will remain closed indefinitely as officials repair the damage and determine the cause of the derailment, according to the National Park Service. | The footbridge will remain closed indefinitely as officials repair the damage and determine the cause of the derailment, according to the National Park Service. |
| A popular destination at Harpers Ferry known as The Point — a water gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains where the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers merge and from where visitors can look upon Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia all at once — will also be closed as crews work to clean up the area and assess what happened on the bridge, park officials said. | |
| Because of the location of the crash, officials from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the Park Service responded to the incident. | |
| Other train service in the area, including Amtrak passenger rail, will not be affected by the incident. | Other train service in the area, including Amtrak passenger rail, will not be affected by the incident. |
| CSX said in a statement Saturday that the company plans to work “swiftly and safely in the cleanup and to restore the area.” | CSX said in a statement Saturday that the company plans to work “swiftly and safely in the cleanup and to restore the area.” |
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