Ill. EPA says RR should clean up ethanol pollution

KWQC - Davenport, Iowa
Associated Press - June 26, 2009 2:24 PM ET

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois environment officials want state Attorney General Lisa Madigan to force a railroad company to clean up contamination from last week's freight-train derailment and explosion near Rockford.

One motorist was killed and several others injured trying to escape the ensuing explosions and fire after a 114-car Canadian National Railroad train derailed last Friday.

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