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NTSB Reveals New Findings In Lower Saucon Train Derailment NTSB Reveals New Findings In Lower Saucon Train Derailment
NTSB Reveals New Findings In Lower Saucon Train Derailment Seven crewmembers were treated for minor injuries when three trains derailed after a collision in Lower Saucon early this month, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a new report.  The collision happened on tracks parallel to Riverside Drive around 7:15 a.m. on March 2, officials have said. All three were Norfolk Southern trains.  Investigators now say NS intermodal train 24XH101 was stopped on the tracks due to traffic when it was struck by train 268H429. Both trains were eastbound.  As a result, train 268H429 derailed three railcars onto the adjacent …

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by Mac Bullock
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Lower Saucon Train Derailment: Riverside Drive Reopens, Officials Say Lower Saucon Train Derailment: Riverside Drive Reopens, Officials Say
Lower Saucon Train Derailment: Riverside Drive Reopens, Officials Say Riverside Drive is open again for through traffic after a head-on train collision caused a triple derailment on Saturday morning, March 2.  SEE ALSO: Norfolk Southern Trains Collide, Derailing Into Lehigh River The road was reopened around 3 p.m., Lower Saucon police said.  The collision happened on tracks parallel to Riverside Drive around 7:15 a.m., officials have said.  The National Transportation Safety Board said an eastbound train hit a parked train on the same tracks, causing both to derail. Loose cars from one of those trains collided with a third one, cau…

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by Mac Bullock