Train Derails, Spilling Hazardous Material
A freight train spilled a hazardous powder as one car derailed and was dragged seven miles near Westport.
No injuries were reported and authorities did not immediately evacuate anyone.
The spilled chemical was sodium chlorate, which can cause skin, eye and respiratory irritation, with serious illness possible if ingested.
A mechanical problem was probably to blame as one car in the 65-car southbound Canadian Pacific Railway freight train jumped the tracks, railroad spokesman Michel Spenard said. Westport is about 100 miles north of Albany, near the Vermont border.
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