Second train derails after Ohio chemical leak

(RT) ⸻ A train derailed in Lexington, North Carolina, USA on Saturday, Norfolk Southern Railway has confirmed. The incident comes just weeks after another cargo train operated by the same railway company came off the tracks in East Palestine, Ohio, causing a major toxic spill. The incident in Lexington appears to be on a much smaller scale, with only one set of wheels derailed on a single car out of 132 on the train. There are no reports of a hazmat situation or danger to the public, but the train's crew were unharmed. The incident led to a stoppage of traffic and delays to numerous passenger trains, and the clean-up continues in East Palestine. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources reported that at least 45,000 animals, including all aquatic life forms, had died in a five-mile (8km) radius of the derailment. East Palestine residents filed a class-action lawsuit against Norfolk Southern, blaming the railway for being a public nuisance and demanding punitive damages, the creation of a fund for medical monitoring, new testing and cleaning procedures, and other measures. US President Joe Biden has come under fire for traveling to the Ukrainian capital Kiev instead of East Palestine. East Palestine Mayor Trent Conaway insisted that the decision by the head of state was "the biggest slap in the face" and was visited by Donald Trump, who assured locals they were "not forgotten."