Cleanup continues after train derails at Fenton

Friday, August 1, 2008
FENTON, Mo. (AP) -- Cleanup is under way at the Chrysler north plant in Fenton.

The plant is still shut down after Thursday night's train derailment inside the facility.

St. Louis County police say that around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, two to three cars loaded with sheet metal derailed at the loading dock in the newest part of the Dodge truck plant.

A worker from the Missouri and Valley Park Railroad says that the railcar was disconnected from the train. The breaks were not on and the cars rolled down a hill and struck inside the plant.

Chrysler expects to have things up and running in time for the second shift today.

There was major damage at the plant, but no injuries.

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Information from: KMOV-TV, http://www.kmov.com