The Stillwater County Disaster and Emergency Services said on Facebook that « multiple » rail cars were in the river, but the cause of the derailment had not yet been determined.
Officials in Montana are responding to a train derailment in the Yellowstone River.
The Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook on Saturday morning that multiple tanker cars were « damaged and leaking petroleum products near the Yellowstone River. »
Later reports from other agencies in addition to photos from the derailment indicate that the train had crashed into the Yellowstone River when a bridge collapsed early Saturday morning.
The Stillwater County Disaster and Emergency Services said on Facebook that « multiple » rail cars were in the river, but the cause of the derailment had not yet been determined.
