I also suffered an acetabular fracture of the right hip—a serious derailment, in other words—and an open femoral intertrochanteric fracture in the same area.
State officials and crews with rail operators CSX have been working to remove train cars and spilled material at the site of the derailment near the small town of Livingston.
The authorities reported a train derailment in Anson County, southeast of Charlotte, late Sunday, and local media said some residents had been evacuated.