Video: Freight train derailed in Springfield, Ohio

More than a dozen wagons a A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed this weekend, the second such incident in less than a month, which is turning red flags on the Railroad safety in the United States.

Unlike the accident which occurred on February 3, the train which overturned on Saturday March 4 There were no hazardous materials or passengers on board. Of the 212 cars that made up the train, at least 20 overturned.

A resident circulating in the area managed to capture with his phone the moment when one of the wagons overturned, triggering a carom. According to reports, this accident caused neither death nor injury.

This accident happened a month after the derailment of a train at Eastern Palestine, about 300 kilometers northeast of Springfield, which left scattered toxic chemicals into the atmosphere and forced the evacuation of thousands of people who were 300 kilometers away.

With information from Reuters