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Trains derail in Ohio; 3 injured

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NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio (CNN) -- Three people were injured Thursday when a westbound CSX freight train derailed in northwest Ohio and struck three automobiles stopped at a track crossing.

Fifteen of the westbound train's 35 cars derailed shortly after noon and struck an eastbound CSX coal train that was on a parallel track, said CSX Corp. spokesman Gary Sease.

At least five of the 119 cars on the coal train derailed and debris from the crash struck three automobiles, he said.

One victim had to be removed from his car by crews using power equipment, said North Baltimore Police Chief Gerald E. Perry II. All three victims were taken to hospitals.

A spokesman for Wood County Hospital in Bowling Green said two victims were treated there; one was released and the other was listed in fair condition.

A third person was treated at Blanchard Valley Hospital and released, a hospital spokesman said.

Jan Rush, an employee at Mid-Wood Inc., which has offices next to the crash site, said she saw several railroad cars crash into each other and then hit two automobiles.

"One train car hit another, and then another one hit that one, just like a domino effect," she said.

"The one car that was hit, the guy was already out (by the time people arrived on the scene)," Rush said. "... He just got the front end of his car hit. His buddy was behind him and his car was underneath the train."

Sease did not know how many CSX workers were aboard the trains but said none of the company's employees had been injured.

CSX officials were on site to determine the cause of the accident and the extent of the track damage, he said.

"Our first concern is to deal with the injured people and then, as they can, our people will be looking at the derailment to try and determine how it happened," Sease said.

North Baltimore is about 35 miles south of Toledo.

CNN's Stacey Francisco and Kelly Marshall contributed to this report.

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