Train derails in Md., kills 2 teens

A CSX train hauling coal derailed and fell from a bridge near Baltimore, killing two college students who were on the tracks and crushing vehicles in a parking lot, authorities said. Twenty-one of the train's 80 cars flipped over around midnight on Aug. 20, 2012, Howard County officials said. Police say the victims were Elizabeth Nass, a student at James Madison University in Virginia, and Rose Mayr, who attended the University of Delaware. They were both 19 years old. Mayr is seen here in an undated personal photo.

Police did not immediately say what the women were doing on the tracks. The railroad is easily accessible from the picturesque downtown of Ellicott City, where there are several bars and gift and antique shops in converted old buildings. Ellicott City is about 12 miles west of Baltimore. Elizabeth Nass is seen here in an undated personal photo.

An official inspects part of a CSX freight train that derailed alongside a parking lot overnight in Ellicott City, Md., on Aug. 21, 2012.

Rose Mayr is seen here in an undated school photo.

Elizabeth Nass is seen here in an undated school photo.

The students, both 19-year-old women, posted photos and comments from what appeared to be the bridge shortly before the train derailed around midnight on Aug. 20, 2012, according to Twitter feeds with the same names as the victims.

Rose Mayr is seen here in an undated personal photo.

Elizabeth Nass is seen here in an undated personal photo.

Rose Mayr is seen here in an undated personal photo.

The students, both 19-year-old women, posted photos and comments from what appeared to be the bridge shortly before the train derailed around midnight on Aug. 20, 2012, according to Twitter feeds with the same names as the victims.

An official walks alongside part of a CSX freight train that derailed overnight in Ellicott City, Md., on Aug. 21, 2012.

Coal that spilled from a derailed CSX freight train, bottom, partially covers cars in a parking lot in Ellicott City, Md., on Aug. 21, 2012.

An official photographs derailed train cars after a CSX freight train hauling coal derailed overnight in Ellicott City, Md., on Aug. 21, 2012.

Officials stand near part of a CSX freight train that derailed overnight in Ellicott City, Md., on Aug. 21, 2012.

Officials stand underneath a bridge where part of a CSX freight train derailed overnight in Ellicott City, Md., on Aug. 21, 2012.

Officials walk past a car that was destroyed by a CSX freight train that derailed while hauling coal overnight in Ellicott City, Md., on Aug. 21, 2012.

Officials walk past part of a CSX freight trail that derailed overnight in Ellicott City, Md., on Aug. 21, 2012.

An official walks past part of a CSX freight trail that derailed overnight in Ellicott City, Md., on Aug. 21, 2012.