VIDEO: Marine Corps Base Quantico conduct full scale train derailment exercise

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. (7News) — In Prince William County Thursday, the Marine Corps Base Quantico conducted an exercise to simulate a train derailment.

But instead of using a train, the exercise used a large tent.

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The community took part in the training exercise, which is the largest in the county, in more than a decade. It tested different groups' responses and abilities to work together in an emergency.