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HAZMAT
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Train Enthusiast Was Recording Trains When Norfolk Southern Train Split Septic Truck in Half at Unguarded Virginia Crossing — Sewage Sprayed Everywhere; Driver Had...
CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA — A Norfolk Southern freight train slammed into a septic truck at a private railroad crossing on Yadkin Road in Chesapeake Thursday...
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Driver Shoots Himself After SUV Crashes Into Back of Hazmat Semi on I-80 Near Utah-Nevada Border
TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH — A driver is in critical condition Monday after crashing his SUV into the back of a semi-truck on eastbound Interstate...
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NTSB Preliminary Report Says Mooresville Tanker Driver Called Company to Report Leak 30 Minutes Before Explosion, Inspected Tank, and Was Standing Behind It When...
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA — Federal investigators released a preliminary report Thursday on the April 7 tanker explosion at the Carolina Beverage Group plant in...
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Semi-Truck Leaking Sodium Bisulfiate Shuts Down Edens Expressway Ramp in Skokie — 11 Fire Departments Respond as Crews Offload Chemical Onto Second Truck
SKOKIE, ILLINOIS — A semi-truck leaking sodium bisulfite shut down a portion of the northbound Edens Expressway in Skokie early Monday morning, triggering a...
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Semi Hauling Liquid Hydrogen Overturns on I-5 Near Patterson — Unrestrained Passenger in Sleeper Berth Airlifted With Major Injuries; Gas Smell Closes Both Directions...
PATTERSON, CALIFORNIA — Interstate 5 closed in both directions Friday morning after a semi-truck hauling a trailer filled with refrigerated liquid hydrogen overturned near...
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Hazmat Responds After Tractor-Trailer Clips Power Line in Phelps, New York, Knocking Down Telephone Pole and Causing Transformer Fluid to Leak Onto Truck
PHELPS, NEW YORK — A tractor-trailer clipped a power line on Waddell Road in Phelps, bringing down a telephone pole and causing fluid from...
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NTSB Says Tanker Driver Reported Leak to His Company 20 Minutes Before Chemical Tank Explosion That Killed Him
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA — A tanker truck driver reported a leak on his vehicle to his company approximately 20 minutes before the truck exploded...
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Tractor-Trailer Carrying Liquid Nitrogen Flips Over in Rockport, Maine — Nitrogen Leaks but Firefighters Confirm No Explosion Risk
ROCKPORT, MAINE — A tractor-trailer carrying liquid nitrogen flipped over Wednesday morning on Rockland Street in Rockport, closing the road for six and a...
