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Tanker Car Derails

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published August 23, 2013 at 6:57 AM EDT
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No injuries are reported out of a railroad tanker car derailment yesterday on the South side. Columbus fire officials say the tanker car was carrying 23-thousand-gallons of a solvent when it tipped over near the Parsons Avenue tracks. Nearly 20 homes and businesses were evacuated as a precaution.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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