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Train smashes car in Gastonia wreck

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This car was mangled after it was struck by a train on East Airline Avenue in Gastonia early Wednesday and then dragged nearly a quarter of a mile. Police said the car had caught a flat tire on the tracks, and the driver got out for help. No one was injured.
This car was mangled after it was struck by a train on East Airline Avenue in Gastonia early Wednesday and then dragged nearly a quarter of a mile. Police said the car had caught a flat tire on the tracks, and the driver got out for help. No one was injured. Ashton Pellom WBTV

A car was mangled after it was struck by a train on East Airline Avenue in Gastonia early Wednesday and then dragged nearly a quarter of a mile.

Police said the car had a flat tire on the tracks, and the driver got out for help.

No one was injured.

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This story was originally published March 30, 2016 at 7:07 AM with the headline "Train smashes car in Gastonia wreck."

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