(The Center Square) 3/6/2024 – The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday the controlled chemical explosion following the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment more than a year ago.
Under questioning from U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy also said Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and incident commanders on the scene were not given complete information before executing the explosion near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that they said was needed to prevent an uncontrolled explosion.
“This town very well may have been poisoned to facilitate the rapid movement of freight, or at the very least, it was poisoned for reasons that we can’t identify. That should really concern every single person on this committee,” Vance said during his questioning of Homendy at the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.
Source: NTSB: East Palestine explosion unnecessary
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