WTOP email news alert, 7:28 am 5/1:
CSX train derails near 900 Rhode Island Ave.
There are reports of a train derailment in Northeast, D.C. A D.C. Fire spokesman tells WTOP that a CSX train derailed near Rhode Island Avenue Metro station around 7 a.m.
According to officials several cars overturned and emergency responders are working to contain a leak. D.C. Fire says they do not know what kind of substance is leaking.
Rhode Island Avenue is closed in both directions from 4th to 10th streets in Northeast.
The Red Line's Rhode Island Metro Station is closed. Metro is in the process of establishing the bus shuttle service between NoMa and Brookland stations.
Story is developing.