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Donavan McKinney: “We had some trail derailment in the downriver western Wayne…”

Featuring: Donavan McKinney, Michigan House of Representatives, District 11

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Published | Video Starts at 03:09

But in reality, we need somebody that's going to serve the district. Yeah. And I remember there were three instances where I was like, you know what? Enough is enough. So We had some trail derailment in the downriver western Wayne county portion of the district that like, you know, like the trains were coming in with nuclear waste and all that stuff and ended up derailing and causing a lot of harm in our communities. And, and literally he was, he failed to show up. A lot of local leaders, you know, called on him for, you know, support for federal guidance and just help, and he never returned the cause. (03:09–03:27)

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Asserts that a train derailment involving nuclear waste occurred in the downriver western Wayne county portion of the district.

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