A derailment in Louisiana offers one of the closest parallels to the disaster unfolding in East Palestine. Both were major train crashes and both involved some of the same chemicals, including vinyl chloride. Here's more.
The sizzling wreckage of a derailed train. Toxic smoke pouring over a small town. Fearful residents fleeing their homes. The, could only be described as “déjà vu” for Bruce Bennett, a retired judge in Louisiana.
More than 1,000 train derailments happen each year in the U.S., according to Federal Railroad Administration safety data. Incidents involving hazardous materials are rare; railroads reported 12 hazardous releases in 2021. About 2,700 people within 5 miles of the derailment evacuated at the behest of authorities. They left horses and pets.
In both locations, officials decided to vent and burn vinyl chloride to prevent more explosions, a process that polluted the air with toxic smoke. “They were very upset. They were having meetings all over the place,” Cutrer said of Livingston residents. “Air quality and water — that’s what the conversations were about. They were afraid to drink the water.”
In the weeks after the Livingston derailment, local attorneys filed a class-action lawsuit against Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, according to Calvin Fayard Jr., an attorney who led the coalition.
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