The State, Columbia, SC, 1/27:
CSX train collision, spill in Allendale County said not to pose breathing hazard
COLUMBIA, SC — A collision of two CSX freight trains in Allendale County that caused a chemical spill Tuesday morning probably will take a couple of days to clean up, but the wreck poses no immediate health threat to the nearby Martin community, a state emergency management spokesman said.
Still, questions remain about the cause and circumstances of the crash at a site where two rail lines fork close to an industrial plant. . . .
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Tuesday’s crash has similarities to the disastrous train wreck in Aiken County a decade ago this month. Nine people died after a speeding Norfolk Southern train ran off a main track and crashed into parked train cars, causing deadly chlorine to spill.
Tom Allen, who heads the S.C. Office of Regulatory Staff’s railroad division, said the Allendale accident occurred when a moving locomotive diverted from a main track and onto a side track leading to the Archroma chemical plant.
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