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Man injured after getting trapped by toppled rail car

Officials say a man was seriously injured in Prince William County on Tuesday when a rail car toppled over, trapping him underneath.

Kim Hylander, a spokeswoman for the Prince William County fire department, says the open-top rail car carrying gravel tipped over and onto the man at about 11:30 a.m. Rescuers managed to get him out about 40 minutes later.

Hylander says man was taken by helicopter to Inova Fairfax Hospital.

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