Jeers, boos from Ohio villagers enraged by toxic train spill

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Residents of the Ohio village upended by a freight train derailment packed a school gym demanding to know if they're safe from the toxic chemicals that spilled or were burned off to avoid an even bigger disaster

the Ohio village upended by a freight train derailment

Many who had waited in a long line snaking outside the gym came away frustrated that they didn't hear anything new. Some booed or laughed each time they heard the village mayor or state health director assure them that lingering odors from the theforced evacuations “They just danced around the questions a lot," said Danielle Deal, who lives a few miles from the derailment site. “Norfolk needed to be here.”

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost advised Norfolk Southern on Wednesday that his office is considering legal action against the rail operator. “We will be judged by our actions," Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan Shaw said in a statement that the company is"cleaning up the site in an environmentally responsible way.”

 

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