Officials investigate train derailment near 6th Street in East Austin

Authorities are investigating a freight train derailment that occurred Tuesday morning in East Austin.

Seven train cars – five empty and two carrying gravel – overturned on the train tracks near East Sixth Street and Robert T. Martinez Jr. Street at 3:44 a.m., the Austin Fire Department said. They said one of the train cars also struck a utility pole, causing a power outage in the area that affected about 80 customers.

No injuries were reported and the wagons were not carrying hazardous materials, the fire department said. The train consists of 90 wagons.

The derailment is being investigated by the Austin Fire Department, the Texas Department of Transportation, CapMetro and the Federal Railroad Administration, CapMetro spokesman Jorge Ortega said. He said the cause of the derailment had not yet been determined. Authorities have yet to say when the railway might reopen.