Cargo train derails in Madison County

<p>An 85-car freight train that was traveling in northern Madison County derailed Saturday evening, overturning cars and blocking intersections in downtown Alexandria.</p><p>Todd Harmeson, a spokesman for the Madison County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, said no injuries were reported. About seven cars, including four tankers, derailed around 7 p.m..</p><p>The train's contents -- mostly grain and cargo boxes -- were not hazardous.</p><p>Rudy Husband, a spokesman with Norfolk Southern Corporation, said the train was traveling to Chicago from Macon, Georgia.</p><p>He said the cause of the derailment is under investigation.</p><p>Company officials were at the scene about 20 miles northwest of Muncie in eastern Indiana.</p>

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