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WATCH: Crews Remove Ellicott City Train Wreckage

Twenty-one trains cars were toppled after a train derailed in Ellicott City on Monday.

According to Howard County Police, after a train derailment toppled 21 train cars full of coal and killed two young women late Monday.

Crews operated cranes and shoveled machinery Tuesday in downtown Ellicott City to remove the spilled coal and tow away the parts of the train destroyed in the incident.

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