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The Graniteville train crash was an American rail disaster that occurred on January 6, 2005, in Graniteville, South Carolina. At 2:39 am EST, two Norfolk Southern trains collided near the Avondale Mills plant in Graniteville. [1] Nine people were killed and over 250 people were treated for toxic chlorine exposure.
2005 Graniteville train crash, Graniteville, South Carolina; 9 killed plus hundreds made ill. Possibly South Carolina's deadliest rail disaster to date [257] [258] [259] 2005 Metra Rock Island derailment, Chicago, Illinois; 2 killed plus 83 injured [260] [261] 2008 Massachusetts train collision, Newton, Massachusetts; 1 killed plus 12 injured ...
A train derailment in Graniteville, South Carolina, released 90 tons of liquid chlorine into the town in 2005, leaving the community still reeling from its effects years later, according to the ...
Aerial view of the Graniteville train crash scene January 6 – United States – Graniteville train crash: Nine people (including the engineer) died and more than 250 were injured after a Norfolk Southern freight train collided head-on with a parked freight train near the Avondale Mills plant in Graniteville, South Carolina. A derailed tank ...
A CSX freight train crashed into a massive, tank-like Army artillery vehicle that got stuck on the tracks in South Carolina on Thursday — destroying the $1.5 million weapon on wheels, stunning ...
The Graniteville Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [4] Site of derailment at Graniteville, South Carolina Monument to the crash's victims. On January 6, 2005, a Norfolk Southern Railway freight train struck a parked train on the spur leading to Avondale's
The Norfolk Southern train derailed nearly ... died and 250 people were injured from toxic chlorine exposure after two Norfolk Southern freight trains collided near Graniteville, South Carolina. ...
The Graniteville train disaster is an American rail disaster that occurred on January 6, 2005, in Graniteville, South Carolina.The disaster occurred at roughly 2:40 AM Eastern Standard Time when two trains, owned by Norfolk Southern, collided near an Avondale Mills plant in Graniteville.