Explosive crude oil is being carried on freight trains rolling through Michigan and Metro Detroit, and officials refuse to disclose details, Jim Kiertzner reports on WXYZ-TV.
A 7 Action News Investigation finds people who live and work near the tracks and even many first responders are not being informed. The trains are loaded with the Bakken crude oil in North Dakota and travel through several states and Canada.
On July 6, 2013, a runaway train carrying the Bakken crude derailed and exploded in Lac Megantic, Quebec, killing 47.
Michigan State Police Captain Chris Kelenske says the information is sensitive and could lead to a terrorist attack. Captain Kelenske would only tell 7 Action News Investigator Jim Kiertzner that the trains go through 14 counties in Michigan. But just two days ago, Officials in Iowa released its information so that people would know that the trains go through 9 counties.
