A freight train derailed early Monday morning in Newark, striking a utility pole and a garbage truck and sending two people to the hospital.

Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda says police and firefighters responded around 3:12 a.m. to the derailment near 300 Doremus Avenue.

Responders found two derailed containers from a Norfolk Southern train.

Officials say the derailed containers struck a utility pole and a garbage truck in the area.

The driver and passenger of the garbage truck were taken to University Hospital with minor injuries.

No other injuries have been reported.

PSE&G crews are working to repair the damaged utility pole while crews remove the derailed containers.

Street closures are expected to cause heavy traffic through at least midday around Doremus Avenue, Wilson Avenue and Roanoke Avenue.