Runaway train blamed on driver's mistake

The runaway train that rolled through Ohio towns and farmland with a hazardous cargo started its near 70 mile ghost journey when the driver mistakenly hit the throttle instead of the brake.

For two hours, the 47 wagon train with no one at the controls chugged past back gardens and freshly planted fields until another CSX Transportation employee made a daring leap onto the locomotive and brought it to a stop.