Freight train derailed, 120 BMW cars severely damaged

All are new cars and are from the X-series line, on their way to Charleston port (South Carolina, USA), meaning they are export products.

Rescue crews spent the morning and afternoon of December 5 collecting the damaged BMWs after a train carrying luxury cars derailed in Fairfield on May 4, according to KWES. The train was headed to the Port of Charleston and had started at BMW’s plant in Greer, also in South Carolina.

A freight car was torn open by the derailment, revealing at least two BMWs inside, which were partially damaged. Photo: wyff4.

Two locomotives, 12 train cars and 120 BMWs were damaged in the accident. Fortunately, no one was injured.

"The BMW X models are being transported to the Port of Charleston for export. Approximately 120 were damaged after the train derailed," the German luxury carmaker said in a statement. In an aerial video of the cleanup, at least one white BMW X can be seen with its roof crushed by an excavator as it was lifted from its position after falling out of the train. Dozens of cars, ranging from completely crushed to partially damaged, are also seen stacked in one place.

Dozens of vehicles were parked in one place during the cleanup at the scene. Photo from video.

The crash is expected to put some customers somewhere at the bottom of the list of customers receiving their cars, just when the delivery date seemed imminent. It is not yet clear what BMW will do with the brand new X models damaged in this incident.

According to VNE