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Ohio Train Derailment: 'Like Sun Exploded'

It could have been much worse, Columbus mayor says

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 12, 2012 12:07 AM CDT

(Newser) – Life imitating Super 8? National Transportation Safety Board investigators are probing a train derailment that caused a fire and several spectacular explosions in Columbus, Ohio, early yesterday morning, the AP reports. Sixteen of the train's 98 cars, including three carrying 30,000 gallons of... Read full story »

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Ohio Train Derailment: 'Like Sun Exploded'

It could have been much worse, Columbus mayor says

Ohio • train • train crash • National Transportation Safety Board • Columbus, Ohio • freight train • derailment

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