Rockslide derails West Virginia train, 3 injured

CSX Transportation says an empty coal train hit a rockslide along tracks in West Virginia on Wednesday, causing a fiery derailment that injured three crew members.

The lead locomotive, which carried a conductor, an engineer and an engineer trainee, caught fire and the crew members were being evaluated and treated for non-life threatening injuries, the company said.

CSX said an unoccupied locomotive was partially in the waterway where an unknown amount of diesel fuel and oil spilled, officials said. Environmental teams were deploying containment measures. Several state agencies are monitoring the situation and said public water systems downstream have been notified and are monitoring for any potential public health impacts.