New York: A passenger train derailed Monday in the US state of Vermont, injuring seven people, none seriously, according to officials.
Five train cars -- two of which went over an embankment -- ran off the tracks in the small town of Northfield, Vermont, at 10:30 am (1430 GMT).
Railway company Amtrak, attributed the derailment to reports of a rockslide on the tracks, and said in a statement that there were no reports of life-threatening injuries.
"We were very lucky that there was no loss of life," he said.
Multiple first responder agencies were at the scene Monday afternoon.
"There's no wrongdoing here. There's no evidence of negligence," he said, adding that the track had been renovated a few years earlier.
The train was part of Amtrak's "Vermonter" service, which passes through major US northeastern cities on its way from Washington, DC, to St. Albans, Vermont near the Canadian border.
The accident comes five months after the derailment of a train in Philadelphia that left eight dead and over 200 injured in May, after the train entered a curve at 105 miles (170 kilometers) per hour, more than twice the permitted speed.
Five train cars -- two of which went over an embankment -- ran off the tracks in the small town of Northfield, Vermont, at 10:30 am (1430 GMT).
Railway company Amtrak, attributed the derailment to reports of a rockslide on the tracks, and said in a statement that there were no reports of life-threatening injuries.
"We were very lucky that there was no loss of life," he said.
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Multiple first responder agencies were at the scene Monday afternoon.
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"There's no wrongdoing here. There's no evidence of negligence," he said, adding that the track had been renovated a few years earlier.
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The train was part of Amtrak's "Vermonter" service, which passes through major US northeastern cities on its way from Washington, DC, to St. Albans, Vermont near the Canadian border.
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The accident comes five months after the derailment of a train in Philadelphia that left eight dead and over 200 injured in May, after the train entered a curve at 105 miles (170 kilometers) per hour, more than twice the permitted speed.
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