Freight trains derail, injure 3 motorists

Two freight trains derailed in North Baltimore, injuring three people in autos waiting to cross the tracks, authorities said.

At least 15 cars of a Cincinnati-bound train carrying steel about 20 miles south of Toledo derailed when the train started to go onto a side track used to reach a nearby grain elevator, police said.

The cars then collided with a coal train going in the opposite direction, knocking four of its cars off the rails. Pieces of steel flew off the first train and hit one auto, flattening it to the top of its doors, police said. The driver was hospitalized with a broken collarbone and shoulder.