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Feb 16 2007
The roof of a Lancaster store that was destructed by a train last week was detected with asbestos. It was on Wednesday afternoon that a trio of train cars got derailed and one of them crashed into a convenience store along South Main Street in Lancaster. Since the store was believed to be unstable after the crash, crews demolished it before the inspection. Crews demolished the store before the inspection because it was believed unstable after the collision. Concerning the chances of the building to collapse, a part of the street had been closed. The train engineer who didn’t paid attention to an order to stop as he backed up on an offloading track, is supposed to be responsible for the incident. One customer, who was thrown out by the impact, got seriously injured and airlifted to the hospital. He had thrown out by the impact. “Like an earthquake - it hit and the whole store started to crumble and crack and crawl. I was going, ‘Let’s get out of here, we’re going to die, we’re going to die, we’re going to die.’” said Tony Presser, one who was inside at the time of crash. This was not the first time a train has derailed in the area. However, none of the prior accidents has gotten far enough to hit the store. The state health official had conducted an asbestos test to inspect the remains for possible hazards. Asbestos was found in the roof of the store. The officials are planning to send the debris to a landfill in Kershaw County.
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