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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Two Dead Following CSX Train Derailment In Ellicott City

21 cars in 80-car train derailed or overturned; no hazardous materials were on the train

Two people have died following the partial derailment of a CSX train carrying coal and traveling through Ellicott City around midnight Tuesday — the second partial derailment this month in Howard County on the railway's Old Main Line.

The victims' identities have not been released as of 8 a.m. Tuesday.

Frederick Road, which becomes Main Street in Ellicott City, was closed to traffic from Old Columbia Pike to Oella Avenue as a result of the accident.

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