{"id":237655,"date":"2026-07-07T17:19:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/237655\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T17:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:19:23","slug":"more-than-a-dozen-freight-train-cars-derail-in-bensalem-no-hazmat-leaks-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/237655\/","title":{"rendered":"More than a dozen freight train cars derail in Bensalem; no hazmat leaks found"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than a dozen train cars left the tracks after a freight train derailment on Tuesday afternoon in Bensalem<\/a>, Bucks County.<\/p>\n

There were worries about a hazmat leak due to the materials being carried in three of the cars, but officials say no leaks have been found.<\/p>\n

The incident forced evacuation and shelter-in-place orders, but residents have since been allowed to return home.<\/p>\n

Chopper 6 over train derailment in Bensalem, Pa.<\/p>\n

“There is no threat to public safety at this time,” said William McVey, Bensalem’s director of public safety. “We’re very thankful that nothing is leaking.”<\/p>\n

The crash happened around 2:15 p.m. between Street Road and the Neshaminy Falls train station.<\/p>\n

Officials now say 16 of the 72 cars of the eastbound CSX train derailed, with the cars toward the rear of the train overturning.<\/p>\n

The cars that caused the hazmat concerns include one that was carrying a type of alcohol substance, and another that was carrying an acid.<\/p>\n

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Among those evacuated were residents living along Grove Avenue near the tracks. Trey Gale of Bensalem said he was unaware of what had happened at first.<\/p>\n

“I was in the living room playing video games; all you hear is ‘errrrrrr,'” Gale recalled.<\/p>\n

He said police arrived shortly afterward.<\/p>\n

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“Five minutes later cops came knocked on our door said we have to evacuate,” Gale said.<\/p>\n

SEPTA said it does not utilize these tracks, but service was suspended on the West Trenton Line<\/a>, which operates nearby.<\/p>\n

“I usually get on West Trenton around this time. It’s canceled, so I won’t be getting home right now,” said Harvey of Huntingdon Valley.<\/p>\n

Residents expressed relief as evacuation orders were lifted.<\/p>\n

“All my neighbors had to evacuate. I have elderly neighbors; some don’t drive,” said Keyanna Myrick of Bensalem<\/p>\n

No injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n

CSX is working to clear the derailment site. The cause of the incident remains under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than a dozen train cars left the tracks after a freight train derailment on Tuesday afternoon in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194,197,7084,102327,102326,2552,102328],"class_list":["post-237655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township","tag-bucks-county","tag-csx-train","tag-evacuation-orders","tag-train-cars","tag-train-derailment","tag-trey-gale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}