NEW: 'This was 100% preventable.' NTSB officials give update on hazardous train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. 'We call things 'accidents,' there is no accident. Every single event that we investigate is preventable.'
The report reads in part: “Surveillance video from a local residence showed what appeared to be a wheel bearing in the final stage of overheat failure moments before the derailment. The wheel bearing and affected wheelset have been collected as evidence and will be examined by the NTSB.”
MORE: Did the train derailment in East Palestine affect its water supply? Experts say more testing is needed.
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