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News photo: Norfolk Southern derailment in Georgia

By David Lassen | August 16, 2021

No injuries reported in Monday morning incident in Oconee, Ga.

Derailed freight cars side by side perpendicular to track
A Norfolk Southern train derailed early Monday in Oconee, Ga. (Washington County Sheriff’s Department, via Facebook)

OCONEE, Ga. — An estimated 32 cars of a westbound Norfolk Southern freight train derailed early Monday morning in downtown Oconee, blocking a main street until further notice. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office reports the derailment occurred about 1 a.m., blocking Central Drive in Oconee, a community of 280 about 60 miles southwest of Augusta, Ga. No injuries were reported.

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