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Train derailment shuts down busy road in Whitewater Township

Train derailment shuts down busy road in Whitewater Township
>> THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5, LEADING THE WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS. KELLY: THAT BREAKING NEWS ON THIS A TRAIN DERAILMENT IN FRIDAY. WHITEWATER TOWNSHIP THIS MORNING. COLIN: IT HAPPENED AT A BUSY INTERSECTION, AND IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON TRAFFIC FOR MOST OF THE MORNING. WE DID SEE SOME MOVEMENT BEHIND MIANA MASSEY, SO WE WILL CHECK IN WITH HER. IT IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. 50 AND KILBY ROAD. MIANA HAS BEEN LIVE AT THE SCENE FOR US. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC BEHIND YOU? MIANA: WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A COUPLE HOURS. WHAT YOU SAW BEHIND BE WAS A SEMI. THERE IS A STATION RIGHT BEHIND US. THE SEMIS ARE FUELING. THEY ARE THE ONLY TRUCKS ABLE TO GET THROUGH THIS PORTION. THIS INTERSECTION IS WHERE CARS ARE REROUTING. THAT IS O. AT THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. 50 AND KILBY. AS THE SUN COMES UP, WE ARE SEEING MORE CARS AND TRUCKS GET REROUTED. IF YOU TAKE THIS ROUTE, YOU WILL HAVE TO GO AROUND. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TRAIN. THIS ALL HAPPENING AROUND 1:00 THIS MORNING ON U.S. 50. WE HAVE SEEN THIS TRAIN, THERE ARE SEVEN CARS YOU ARE LOOKING AT THEN HAVE VEERED OFF. THE BETTER PART OF THE TRAIN HAS CONTINUED TO ITS ROUTE. WE HAVE SPOKEN TO ODOT AND THEY SAY THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT OF ITS KIND ON THESE RAILROAD TRACKS THIS YEAR. THEY ARE ON SCENE HELPING WITH THIS TRAIN DERAILMENT. BACK HERE ON SCENE, WE ARE SPEAKING WITH OFFICIALS AND TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF THE DAMAGE. WE ARE SEEING SOME DAMAGE TO THE ROAD. ODOT WILL HAVE MORE CREWS COMING AROUND 6:30. THEY EXPECT THESE CLOSURES TO BE HERE UP UNTIL 10:00 OR 11:00 A.M. I AM MIANA MASSEY, WLWT NEWS 5. KELL
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Train derailment shuts down busy road in Whitewater Township
A busy intersection is blocked in Whitewater Township after a train derailed Friday morning, sending several train cars off the tracks.It happened around 1 a.m. at the intersection of U.S. 50 and Kilby Road. The road is closed in both directions.It's the second time this year a train has derailed in this area, Ohio Department of Transportation officials said.The road will likely be closed through 10:30 a.m., ODOT officials said.This is a developing story. WLWT will update with more information as it comes in.

A busy intersection is blocked in Whitewater Township after a train derailed Friday morning, sending several train cars off the tracks.

It happened around 1 a.m. at the intersection of U.S. 50 and Kilby Road. The road is closed in both directions.

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It's the second time this year a train has derailed in this area, Ohio Department of Transportation officials said.

The road will likely be closed through 10:30 a.m., ODOT officials said.

This is a developing story. WLWT will update with more information as it comes in.