3 Injured in West Virginia Train Derailment That Sent Diesel Fuel, Oil Into River

Smoke fills the sky after an empty CSX coal train hit a rockslide along tracks causing a fiery derailment in a remote area just south of Sandstone, W.Va., on March 8, 2023. Jenny Harnish/The Register-Herald via AP

Three people have been injured after an empty coal train operated by CSX Corp. derailed on March 8 after hitting a rock slide in a remote area of West Virginia.

All four of the train’s locomotives and nine empty coal cars derailed in a remote area just south of Sandstone, Summers County, inside the New River National Park and Preserve, CSX said in a statement. The incident happened just before 5 a.m. local time.