Norfolk Southern employee dies after collision between train and dump truck in Cleveland

CLEVELAND — A Norfolk Southern employee has died following an incident in Cleveland after a collision between a Norfolk Southern train and a Stein Inc. dump truck early Tuesday morning.

A spokesperson for Cleveland-Cliffs tells 3News it happened on a Norfolk Southern rail line that runs through Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland Works property.

“As a result of the collision, a Norfolk Southern employee lost his life,” the spokesperson said in an e-mail. “The location is being controlled by Cleveland police and Norfolk Southern.”

3News also received the following statement from Cleveland police: 

The Cleveland Division of Police Accident Investigation Unit responded to 2615 W. 3rd Street for a crash involving a vehicle striking a train with a fatality. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.

No additional details were immediately available.

Norfolk Southern has been the focus of headlines for weeks after last month’s toxic train derailment in East Palestine. 

On Monday, Norfolk Southern released a six-point plan “to immediately enhance the safety of its operations” after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released their preliminary report in the East Palestine incident. You can read full details of that plan HERE. That announcement came just a few days after another Norfolk Southern train derailment happened Saturday in Springfield, Ohio.

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Editor’s note: Video in the player above was originally published in an unrelated Norfolk Southern story on March 6, 2023.