CSX derailment near Baltimore kills 2

Rail

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

A CSX freight train carrying coal derailed around midnight in Ellicott City, Md., west of Baltimore, killing two people and crushing several cars that were parked nearby in a public lot, according to a press release from the Howard County Police Department. The police said 21 of the train's 80 cars jumped the track, and several overturned. Main Street remains shut down to traffic until the spilled coal can be cleaned up. Two train operators were not harmed in the...

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