http://www.courier-journal.com/article/200...o+train+derails

Lets hope for the best for everyone involved.

Those comments in that article are thoughtless and uncalled for. I pray everyone is ok. This is nightmarish considering what happened at Old Indiana.

this is sad, and most likely means that the train will be slowed down alot, and imo it flys compared to other trains i've been on like the one at the cincinnati zoo and Kings Island.

WCPO has the story as well, and includes some aerial images provided by a Louisville tv station, showing the derailed train. http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story/Louis...FxgCGsXOeg.cspx

It sounds like no one was seriously injured. Thank goodness for that!

Actually there are reports of two potentially serious injuries, one of them a head injury...

Updated story from WAVE (Louisville's NBC affiliate): http://www.wave3.com/global/category.asp?c...;clipId=3820894

Updated story from the Louisville Courier-Journal:

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/200...ONTPAGECAROUSEL

My prayers go out to all of those injured.

On a funny note, I like how in the newscast they showed. It was showing areal footage of the train as the newscaster said, "The ride is closed today". I think its gonna be closed for a while their Copernicus.

Families of Zoo Train Derailment Prepare to Sue:

WHAS11) - Some of the people on board the Zoo's train that derailed have hired a big-time lawyer for their case.

The Bamforth Family chose Larry Franklin's law firm. Franklin has filed suit following tragedies like the Carrollton bus crash and accident at Kentucky Kingdom.

Franklin, Gray, and White have proven they can win big when the stakes are big, following times like earlier this month, when paramedics rushed nearly two dozen people to the hospital from the zoo. Just nine days later, at least half of the people hurt have already lawyered-up and they're ready to sue. ...

http://www.whas11.com/topstories/stories/w...K.6ab6132c.html

See also, for more detail:

http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=10511003