Families still wait to return home after derailment
Posted Jun 13, 2014 07:41:35 AM.
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Five families are still waiting to go back home after a train derailment in Pictou County earlier this week, and it could be a while longer before they are allowed to return to their lives.
Derek White and his elderly mother have been living in a hotel since Monday’s derailment in West River Station.
“They have us in the hotel for 7 days,” said White.
He told News 95.7 the last update they got from the rail line company suggests it could be a long process to clear the site.
“They’ve finished moving the first tanker, and there’s six of them off the track,” he said.
White said they’ve been told it could be up to ten days before the rail cars are emptied and cleared out , which has to happen before they can go back home.
