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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Josh Funk and Julie Carr Smyth

Lawsuit blames deaths on 2023 train derailment in Ohio as JD Vance visits

Train Derailment Ohio - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A lawsuit alleging for the first time that people died because of the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment has been filed ahead of Monday's second anniversary of the toxic crash near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border amid a flurry of new litigation.

On Monday, Vice President JD Vance is visiting the small community near the crash site that he used to represent as a senator, along with President Donald Trump's newly confirmed head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin. It's not yet clear how much pressure the Trump administration will put on the railroads to continue improving safety and whether they will push for the bill Vance co-authored in response to the derailment.

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