WASHINGTON, D.C. – A CSX freight train derailed in Washington, D.C., on Sunday morning, sending several cars off the tracks and spilling hazardous material from three cars, emergency officials said.
No injuries were immediately reported. Doug Buchannan, a spokesman for the D.C fire department, told NBC Washington that as many as nine cars derailed near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station about 7 a.m. Sunday. Emergency responders have not said what substance is leaking.
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Chris Nellum said he lives nearby and his window looks directly over the tracks.
"I thought it was like a semi-truck coming toward the building and when I looked out the window, I saw cars piling up," said Nellum, who had just moved in the night before. "So I'm not even used to hearing trains. It was jarring."