East Palestine today — NTSB to release initial report on crash, Buttigieg makes first visit, community meeting
Thursday has brought several new developments in the ongoing fallout from the catastrophic train derailment in East Palestine, including the first visit from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the release of the National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report on the cause of the crash, and a community meeting being held tonight with legal and medical experts.The NTSB report was released at 10 a.m.
RELATED: What appears to be an overheated wheel bearing seen moments before East Palestine train derailment, NTSB saysAt 11 a.m., the Ohio Department of Natural Resources held a virtual news conference to provide an update on the derailment's impact on wildlife in the area. Watch the news conference in full below:
He started the day at the derailment site, meeting with the team from the USDOT that was on the ground hours after the derailment.Buttigieg then delivered remarks to the press near the site of the derailment at about 11 a.m. Watch the news conference below: In a news release, the USDOT defended Buttigieg’s decision not to visit East Palestine until today, citing a Politico article showing that historically, it is “exceedingly rare” for a transportation secretary to visit the site of a train derailment, and stating that the timing is right for his visit now that the emergency response phase is over and the NTSB is prepared to announce findings from its investigation.
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