MIDDLETOWN, CT — No injuries were reported when a freight train derailed in Middletown on Thursday morning, according to Mayor Dan Drew.
NBC Connecticut reports that at least eight cars went off the rails on a section of state-owned railroad tracks. Providence & Worcester Railroad leases the tracks from the state.
“Fortunately, no one was hurt and no hazardous materials were spilled,” Drew said in a post on Facebook.
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