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Graniteville train crash
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The '''Graniteville train crash''' was an American [[rail transport|rail]] disaster that occurred on January 6, 2005, in [[Graniteville, South Carolina]]. At roughly 2:40am [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]], two [[Norfolk Southern]] trains collided near the Avondale Mills plant in Graniteville.<ref name="FRA 2005-01">{{cite web|author=
  Jamison, Robert D.; Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration|date=January 10, 2005|url=http://www.ble-t.org/pr/pdf/SwitchSafetyAdvisory011005.pdf|title=Notice of safety advisory 2005-01; Position of switches in non-signaled territory|accessdate=February 1, 2005|archive-date=September 30, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930163007/http://www.ble-t.org/pr/pdf/SwitchSafetyAdvisory011005.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Nine people were killed and over 250 people were treated for toxic chlorine exposure. The accident was determined to be caused by a misaligned railroad switch.<ref name="NTSB Final Report RAR-05-04">{{cite document|author=National Transportation Safety Board |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/RAR0504.pdf |title=Report of Railroad Accident: Collision of Norfolk Southern Freight Train 192 with Standing Norfolk Southern Local Train P22 With Subsequen(contracted; show full)[[Category:Accidents and incidents involving Norfolk Southern Railway]]
[[Category:Railway accidents in 2005]]
[[Category:Aiken County, South Carolina]]
[[Category:2005 in South Carolina]]
[[Category:January 2005 events in the United States]]
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