FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 26, 2000

CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755

MEDIA ADVISORY

COLUMBIA - The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces the following:

Ten cars of a CSX train hauling coal derailed around 1 a.m. Tuesday in Spartanburg County on U.S. 221, three to four miles south of Woodruff. The roadway is blocked and motorists are being detoured to S.C. 146, then to I-26 or to S.C. 101, then to I-385.

The clean-up is expected to take most of the day. No serious injuries or fatalities.

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