Hazmat Crews at the Scene of Train Derailment

BIG SANDY (Staff/AP) — A train derailed around 4:45 Thursday morning in Big Sandy between Pearl and Tyler Streets. According to KETK, the train was carrying sulfuric acid. Hazmat crews are at the scene. Police say there are no leaks from the Union Pacific rail cars and no evacuations have been issued. Authorities are not certain what exactly caused the train to derail. Drivers are advised to avoid the area. 11 freight cars derailed, including some that overturned. Two tankers carrying the sulfuric acid were among those that derailed. Big Sandy police say nobody was hurt in the derailment involving a 115-car Union Pacific train. UP spokesman Jeff DeGraff says the train left Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and was bound for Fort Worth.