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Train hits vehicle trailer

By Ty Tagami
Feb 21, 2011

A train hit a trailer drawn by a vehicle in DeKalb County on Monday afternoon.

No one was injured in the crash, which occurred just before 4 p.m. at the intersection of Church Street and Glendale Road, a dispatcher told the AJC. The intersection is near Scottdale.

The crash did not cause the train to derail, the dispatcher said.

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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.

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