Derailment to affect MMVTA service

By Jamie Martines

A freight train traveling across Pittsburgh’s South Side derailed Sunday afternoon, sending several boxcars tumbling off the tracks and down a hillside feet away from light-rail riders waiting on the platform at the Station Square “T” station.

No one was injured, and there are no concerns over spilled hazardous materials, Port Authority CEO Katharine Eagan Kelleman said.

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