Sonora, CA…Railroad officials advise it will take considerable time to bring in the equipment to move the derailed cars. There is no access to Hospital Road between South Washington Street and Nevada Street. Residents and other traffic needing to access other portions of Hospital Road will need to use South Washington Street via Hwy 108 and use Nevada Street by way of Calaveras Street.

We anticipate access to the west portion of Hospital Road to be made available by this evening, however there will be diversions in place routing traffic through the TC Behavioral Health parking lot.

The Post Office is open.
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S. Washington St. between Restano Way and Calaveras Street will be closed for several hours as crews work to correct a train derailment.

At 9:25 AM the Sonora Police Department received a phone call that several train cars had derailed at the intersection of S. Washington St. and Hospital Road. The derailment resulted in damage to several park cars in the area. However, no injuries have been reported.

At this point there is no indication of any type of hazardous situation. Cal Fire, CHP, Sonora Public works , Sonora FD, and Sonora Police Department are working together to identify the cause of the incident and to clear the roadway.

Please use alternate routes to avoid this area. We will update you when the road is open.