Biden will visit Ohio community that was devastated by a fiery train derailment nearly a year ago

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will visit the eastern Ohio community that was devastated by a fiery train derailment in February 2023. No date has been given for the Democratic president’s trip. But Biden is expected to visit East Palestine in February, about a year after a Norfolk Southern train went off the tracks. The derailment displaced thousands of residents near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. Many residents still have lingering fears about potential health effects from the assortment of toxic chemicals that spilled and the vinyl chloride that was released a few days after the crash to keep five tank cars from exploding.