WDAM-TV Laurel, MS 1/24/20
Homes evacuated after train derailment in Petal
PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - More than a dozen railroad cars derailed in Petal just after midnight Friday.
Petal Police Chief Matthew Hiatt said 18 cars came off the tracks near the intersection of Central Avenue and U.S. Highway 11.
Hiatt said several of the cars overturned and are leaking denatured alcohol.
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