02-03-2017 14:04 via connecticut.cbslocal.com

Report: Overloaded Cars Caused December Train Derailment

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A new report says overloaded train cars caused a freight train derailment in New Britain last year.
Nine cars containing construction and demolition debris derailed in December.
Several businesses were evacuated and the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection responded.
WVIT-TV reports a report that Pan Am Railways was required to send to the Federal Railroad Administration says the cars were weighed and found to be overloaded.
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