Mayor’s Train Wreck: Virginia Official Arrested Drunk At Derailment Scene - Tampa Free Press

Mayor’s Train Wreck: Virginia Official Arrested Drunk At Derailment Scene - Tampa Free Press

A Virginia mayor’s attempt to oversee a train derailment ended in his own arrest this week after authorities say he showed up to the emergency scene intoxicated. Rich Creek Mayor Paul Morrison, 57, was taken into custody Tuesday, April 28, near the West Virginia border. Deputies from the Giles County Sheriff’s Office arrested Morrison on […] Mayor’s Train Wreck: Virginia Official Arrested Drunk At Derailment Scene

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Paul Morrison, the 57-year-old mayor of Rich Creek, Virginia — a small town of roughly 750 people — was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly arriving drunk at the scene of a local train derailment, according to Fox News. A Norfolk Southern Railway train derailed in the afternoon near Rich Creek, which sits on the Virginia–West Virginia border. The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection confirmed the incident, noting that portions of…