Train Derailed in Pickens County

UPDATE: Piece Womack of Pickens County Emergency Management has the latest…

Crews are working to clear the tracks after more than a dozen train cars derailed Wednesday afternoon in Pickens County around 1:30pm along Norris Drive (SC-93) near Entrekin Lane. Norfolk Southern said 13 cars on an intermodal train headed from Charlotte, North Carolina to Memphis, Tennessee derailed. There’s no word yet on what caused the train to derail. No injuries were reported. Officials said it could take days to clear the tracks. Traffic on Highway 93 between Liberty and Norris is being detoured.