(UPDATE 7:53 p.m.) — Ten to fifteen practice automobiles derailed in southern Millard County, Utah Saturday afternoon, in line with the Millard County Sheriff’s Workplace. Sheriffs additionally say that it is unclear right now what prompted the derailment.
Nobody was injured because the derailment occurred in a rural space. Six of the derailed automobiles have been carrying flammable liquids whereas others have been carrying commodities like flour, police say.
A close-by waterway was not contaminated.
In response to Union Pacific, the accident occurred round 4:30 p.m., however sheriff’s say they did not get the decision till roughly 5 p.m. Saturday.
The story supplied to 2News by the Millard County Sheriff’s Workplace is sort of a distinct story than 2News obtained from Union Pacific, which gave 2News this assertion:
On February 20, 2021, at roughly 4:30 PM, a Union Pacific practice carrying blended freight derailed roughly 28 automobiles in Milford, UT. There are not any accidents, and the incident stays underneath investigation.”
The Millard County Sheriff’s Workplace did inform 2News that the preliminary name stated greater than 20 automobiles had derailed. 2News requested Union Pacific about their info when in comparison with what sheriffs had, and so they referred us to their authentic assertion.
Unique story under.
(KUTV) — A practice has derailed within the southern a part of Millard County, and crews are on their technique to discover out what occurred.
Particulars at this level are very preliminary. Deputies with the Millard County Sheriff’s Workplace do not but know the place the derailment occurred, apart from it occurred within the southern a part of the county.
Union Pacific tells 2News they do not but have any info on what could have occurred.
No phrase but on any accidents or the extent of the injury.