Official says train wreckage leaked chemical into waterway

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Official says train wreckage leaked chemical into waterway

WHEELING, W.Va. – West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday said Norfolk Southern’s train that derailed Friday in East Palestine, Ohio, leaked chemicals into the Ohio River, and officials in Weirton switched to an alternate water supply to keep the community safe. “There were chemicals that went into the Ohio River, and immediately the people of Weirton acted and acted promptly and everything to basically shut down and transfer over to an alte…