Ossoff seeks answers from CSX, which has seen derailments in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - After a pair of recent train accidents, Sen. Jon Ossoff is pushing for answers from CSX, which also has been troubled by derailments in Augusta, as well.
“These significant operational failures could have seriously injured or killed my constituents, and CSX must do more to prevent a more serious incident from occurring in the future,” Ossoff wrote in a letter to the railroad.
Although he focused on recent derailments elsewhere in the state – the March 25 derailment of six CSX train cars in Fayette County and the May 9 derailment of 17 cars in Smyrna – Augusta has been troubled by CSX derailments, as well:
- In January 2024, four cars derailed at the CSX railyard near Interstate 520 and Laney Walker Boulevard in Augusta.
- Then later that same month, a CSX train derailed on Laney Walker Boulevard between Fifth Street and New Savannah Road.
- In June 2022, several empty train cars derailed morning at a CSX yard near Columbia Nitrogen Road in Augusta.
- In February 2021, a Norfolk Southern locomotive struck a CSX train in Augusta, derailing 17 cars carrying 34 containers.
In his letter, Ossoff said:
“I write to express serious concern about two recent derailments of CSX train cars in Georgia, and to request specific solutions from CSX as soon as possible on plans to prevent such derailments in the future.”
Click here to read Sen. Ossoff’s letter.
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