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Crude Oil Carrying Train Cars Derail, Fall Off Bridge Into Allegheny River: Authorities Crude Oil Carrying Train Cars Derail, Fall Off Bridge Into Allegheny River: Authorities
Crude Oil Carrying Train Cars Derail, Fall Off Bridge Into Allegheny River: Authorities Injuries have been reported at trail derailment in Allegheny County, officials say. A Norfolk Southern train struck a construction vehicle along the tracks at 2400 Freeport Road in Harmar Township around 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, according to Allegheny County Emergency Management. Eight or nine train cars carrying train crude oil were among the 17 train cars that derailed, and approximately eight cars landed in the Deer Creek and the Allegheny River, according to emergency management officials' statement to the press. “It will take weeks to clean up,” officials said in a statement to me…

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PA Man Attempts To Enter Courthouse With Fully Loaded Firearm: Sheriff PA Man Attempts To Enter Courthouse With Fully Loaded Firearm: Sheriff
PA Man Attempts To Enter Courthouse With Fully Loaded Firearm: Sheriff A Pennsylvania man attempted to enter a courthouse with a fully loaded firearm on Wednesday afternoon, according to a release by police. Prince Akeen Kamoory El Akando, 28, of the Northside neighborhood of the City of Pittsburgh, attempted to enter the Allegheny County Courthouse via the Ross Street entrance on Jan. 12, around 2 p.m., when guards stopped as he set off the magnetometer, according to a release by the Allegheny County sheriff’s office. While the guards attempted to contact Deputies, Kamoory El Akando tried on multiple occasions to gain access to the back end of the magnetomet…

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