Displeasure after train accident

Poison spill enters a new sad chapter

Six months ago, a train derailed in Wels in Upper Austria with 40,000 liters of styrene on board. The toxic hydrocarbon leaked into the groundwater and spread towards the south-east of the city. The alarm bells are now also ringing in Marchtrenk, while one family in Wels was hit particularly hard. 

The train accident on September 29 last year is still causing many people in Wels to lose sleep. As reported, 40,000 liters of styrene leaked from an overturned wagon at the marshalling yard and leaked into the ground.