Conrail Inc. officials suspect vandalism caused a coal trainderailment in Institute.
"Someone threw a switch they shouldn't have," said spokesman BobLibkind in Philadelphia. "How they were able to do that is stillunder investigation."
Three of the train's 85 cars and all three locomotives derailedSunday afternoon, Libkind said. The trains were restored to thetracks by Monday morning and the cleanup was complete.An engineer was treated at a hospital for lower-back injuries andreleased, Libkind said.The incident occurred near Rhone-Poulenc Ag Co., but did notaffect the chemical plant's operations, a spokesman said.The shipment originated in Toledo, Ohio, and was to be transferredto Canadian National Railway in Canada, Libkind said. He said he didnot know the shipment's final destination.The rail line, which carries one coal train a day and two otherfreight trains daily, was not seriously disrupted, he said.Conrail will repair a portion of the track, Libkind said.Teenage girl reports robbery, attackA 15-year-old female told police she was kicked and robbed by agroup of juvenile females after leaving a party on Woodbridge Drive.Tiffany Jones, a resident of the 1300 block of Red Oak Street,reported she was walking in the 200 block of Woodbridge Drive about11 p.m. Monday when a group of six to eight juvenile females beganharassing her, said Lt. Randy Young of the Charleston PoliceDepartment.Jones said she tried to run away, but the girls caught her, threwher to the ground and kicked her several times before taking herjacket and purse, Young said. The purse contained an undisclosedamount of money.Jones was not transported to the hospital, and she could notprovide a detailed description of the suspects, Young said.
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