MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Crews have removed the locomotives and 32 cars from railroad tracks in Marion County, where they derailed Wednesday morning, according to CSX.
Work continues on removing the coal and phosphate rock that spilled after the 4:15 a.m. collision on tracks near the town of Citra.
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Both crew members on one of the trains received minor injuries; the others escaped unharmed. The company said neither train was carrying hazardous materials, but one of the locomotives spilled 7,400 gallons diesel fuel in the area.
The phosphate train was traveling to Chicago with three locomotives and 100 loaded cars, authorities and the company said. The coal train, also with three locomotives, was headed to Tampa with 110 loaded cars. Each train had two crew members.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.