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Posted 29 January 2015 - 12:11 PM

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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Posted 29 January 2015 - 11:10 PM

WXFG-TV (FOX) Augusta, GA, 1/29:
 

DHEC: 19,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid spilled after train derailment

 

ALLENDALE COUNTY, SC (WFXG) - About 19,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid leaked from a tank car after a train derailment in Martin, S.C. early Tuesday, according to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.

 

The derailment happened around 2:20 a.m. Tuesday, said officials with railroad company CSX. A train traveling from Savannah to Atlanta derailed and crashed into some parked tank cars, one of which contained hydrochloric acid. The lead locomotive turned on its side.

 

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