Sedalia street has temporary closure after train derailment

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The City of Sedalia announced a temporary closure for Ohio Street on Wednesday after a Union Pacific train derailed.

No injuries were reported in the freight-train derailment, but the Ohio Street Crossing and W.T. Morris Avenue was blocked, the city announced on its social media. All other railroad crossings in the city remained open, the city wrote.

The city for motorists to avoid the Ohio Street crossing and use alternate routes while crews worked in the area, and claimed “they will likely be there most of the night and moving back and forth.”