Train derails in Glendale, Kentucky, causing several street closures

Several streets in the small town of Glendale were closed Thursday afternoon after "multiple" train cars derailed from the track, Kentucky State Police said.

KSP and Hardin County Control, the dispatch in the area, received a call about the derailment in the Glendale community at approximately 3 p.m., according to Senior Trooper Scotty Sharp with KSP Post 4. He said the train was transporting vehicles, not carrying any chemicals, and was moving southbound at the time of the crash.

Sharp said preliminary investigations revealed a tractor trailer "might have got kind of stalled out on the crossing" and prompted the train to make an emergency stop, which led to the derailment.

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Sharp said there was only one minor injury caused by the incident.

Sharp said "its kind of extensive," but from what he could tell there was no significant damage, aside from the train cars, several things "laying on its side" and an electric pole that is down. And he said the public is not in danger.

Ford is building a massive electric vehicle battery plant in Glendale. The nearly $6 billion plant hopes to be operational by 2025 or 2026.

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This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Glendale, Kentucky, impacted by train derailment