Val Poltorak

Head of Sterling’s U.S. Regulated Industries Group
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Smoke fills the sky after a train derailment near Carrington, N.D., July 5, 2024
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This photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Nov. 20, 2025, shows the spherical bearing and other pieces of the damaged mount of the engine that flew off a UPS cargo plane in Louisville, Ky., on Nov. 4, 2025.
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