Pathfinder
Editor, Senior Moderator
EXCLUSIVE: Watch as strong winds knock over a train in Jefferson Parish
POSTED 12:22 PM, APRIL 27, 2015, BY WGNO WEB DESK, UPDATED AT 05:25PM, APRIL 27, 2015
ELMWOOD, La. (WGNO) ? Nearly a dozen shipping containers and some train cars were blown off elevated tracks in Jefferson Parish Monday.
WGNO reporter Jabari Thomas captured the moment when strong winds knocked over some train cars on the Huey P. Long Bridge. It happened around 10:30 a.m. Monday in Elmwood behind the Raising Cane?s restaurant on South Clearview Parkway and Bloomfield Street.
Nancy Stoltz, with the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, said the Union Pacific train was traveling about 4 mph when winds knocked the containers off the bridge.
No injuries were reported.
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Jefferson Parish Haz-mat reports the containers do not contain hazardous or sensitive materials.
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Video:
http://wgno.com/2015/04/27/watch-strong-winds-knocks-over-train-in-jefferson-parish/
POSTED 12:22 PM, APRIL 27, 2015, BY WGNO WEB DESK, UPDATED AT 05:25PM, APRIL 27, 2015
ELMWOOD, La. (WGNO) ? Nearly a dozen shipping containers and some train cars were blown off elevated tracks in Jefferson Parish Monday.
WGNO reporter Jabari Thomas captured the moment when strong winds knocked over some train cars on the Huey P. Long Bridge. It happened around 10:30 a.m. Monday in Elmwood behind the Raising Cane?s restaurant on South Clearview Parkway and Bloomfield Street.
Nancy Stoltz, with the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, said the Union Pacific train was traveling about 4 mph when winds knocked the containers off the bridge.
No injuries were reported.
...
Jefferson Parish Haz-mat reports the containers do not contain hazardous or sensitive materials.
...
Video:
http://wgno.com/2015/04/27/watch-strong-winds-knocks-over-train-in-jefferson-parish/
