Viral Video: Louisiana Train Cars Tumble Off Track Due to Strong Winds
NEW ORLEANS,LOUISIANA – APRIL 27, 2015 (GEPHARDT DAILY) Dramatic video captured nearly a dozen shipping containers on train cars that derailed and fell off an elevated train track due to strong winds in Louisiana.
The real train was blown off the track as the camera was rolling in heavy rain near a restaurant called Raising Cane’s in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
The Union Pacific train was east bound headed to the CSX Gentilly Yard traveling at approximately 4 mph on the elevated down-slope structure of the railroad tracks over land, attached to the Huey P. Long Bridge.
The Jefferson Parish Haz mat reports the containers did not have hazardous or sensitive materials and no injuries were reported, the railroad said.
