UPDATE: U.S. 51 is closed as a result of the train derailment for an estimated 12 hours, according to KYTC District 1.<\/p>\n
HICKMAN COUNTY, Ky. \u2014 After a loud noise was reportedly heard across multiple counties in southwestern Kentucky, The Graves County Sheriff’s Office said it was investigating a potential train derailment in Hickman County that may have been the cause.<\/p>\n
Sheriff Jon Hayden and Justin Jackson with Hickman County EMA both confirmed that a train had been derailed in Hickman County. The derailment happened near the Arlington Community in Carlisle County, according to GCSO.<\/p>\n
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Ring camera footage from where the boom could be heard.<\/p>\n
Madison Morgan via Facebook
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Jackson said that officials arrived on scene roughly 30 minutes ago and that they were still working to gain access and evaluate the area.<\/p>\n
Sheriff Jon Hayden said that the derailment scene may consist of potential hazardous materials. Residents are advised to steer clear of the scene and shelter in place until further notice<\/p>\n
HWY U.S. 51 North between KY 288 and KY 80 is currently closed as a result. The road is expected to be closed for 12 hours, according to KYTC.<\/p>\n
More information will be released as it is made available.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATE: U.S. 51 is closed as a result of the train derailment for an estimated 12 hours, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,21692,983,3,452,453,295375],"class_list":["post-677400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-kentucky-news","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-traffic-alerts-and-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}