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Rail companies insist that they have taken steps since the disaster to reduce accidents, including using new technology and improving safety training, and that those changes have begun to show results.
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — After a freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed a year ago in East Palestine, Ohio, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of residents and upending life in the town for months, the rail industry pledged to work to become safer, and members of Congress vowed to pass legislation to prevent similar disasters. No bill was passed. And accidents went up. Derailments rose at the top five freight railroads in 2023, according to regulatory reports for the first 10 months o
Mateus Brandon McDowell, 32 of Monroe, was recently in Polk County following a “getting off probation party”. Reports said that the night began with McDowell…