December 22, 2020 12:18 pm
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WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. – A train derailment and fire have prompted the evacuation of Custer this afternoon.
Whatcom County Emergency Management reports a number of cars are on fire near Main and Portal Drive in Custer.
The State Patrol reports the train is carrying crude oil.
Law enforcement has evacuated everyone from the Custer Area, and people are being kept away from the area.
I-5 is closed between Grandview and Birch Bay Lynden Road and traffic is being diverted around the incident.
There is no ETA on when the freeway will be re-opened.
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Whatcom County officials were trying to determine what caused a northbound BNSF Railway train carrying crude oil to derail Tuesday morning in the Custer area, sparking a huge fire that prompted an evacuation for nearby residents in the vicinity, authorities said.
The incident occurred around 11:40 a.m. in the Custer area near the 7500 block of Portal Way, and officials closed Grandview Road at Portal Way and Main Street. Motorists were urged to avoid the area as crews worked to clean up the site and upright the train cars. The town of Custer is located just north of Bellingham near the Washington state and Canada border.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â A man with a history of drunk driving is accused of killing a woman in a high-speed, drunk driving crash in Kansas City, Missouri.
Coty E. Holder, 32, of Independence, Missouri, is charged in Jackson County Court with DWI - Death of Another Not a Passenger.
The deadly crash happened just after 11 p.m. on December 17 on eastbound Interstate 435 near Grandview Road, according to a court document.
Woman killed in late night crash on I-435 at Grandview Road
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Driver of one of the two vehicles involved was arrested, impairment is suspected Share Updated: 8:03 AM CST Dec 18, 2020 KMBC 9 News Staff A man is in custody in connection with a two-car crash that turned fatal late Thursday night.Police were called to eastbound I-435 at Grandview Road shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday to investigate a two-vehicle crash with life-threatening injuries.Investigators said a Hyundai sedan and a Pontiac sedan were both driving eastbound when they collided.The Pontiac rolled at least once, and the two women who were inside were both ejected. They were rushed to an area hospital with the driver in critical condition. The driver, a 25-year-old Kansas City woman, died a s