Tanker Truck Explosion/Accident I-95 South of Baltimore

WJZ Channel 13, Baltimmore | 01/13/2004 | Orbiting_Rosie's_Head

[Orbiting_Rosie's_Head]

Large tanker truck accident and fire on I-95 at the intersection of I-195 near BWI airport. Highway is on fire, lots of wreckage from other trucks and cars.

[Orbiting_Rosie's_Head]

Anybody got anymore info?

[commish]

sounds series, hugh even

[Orbiting_Rosie's_Head]

Eyewitness now reporting it as a collision accompanied by huge fireball explosion

[null and void]

Can we please blame terrorists????

[oceanview]

probably not terror related. but I have always felt that if there was going to be a domestic attack, it would be trivial to crash a couple of tanker trucks on major arteries to divert police attention and cause panic with regards to evacuation.

[Orbiting_Rosie's_Head]

Eyewitness said collision, but idiot reporters are failing to have him elaborate.

[oceanview]

are we sure its not a plane from BWI that has crashed onto the road?

[Orbiting_Rosie's_Head]

No plane. It was a tanker truck explosion.

[js1138]

No doubt attacked by a vicious SUV. I hope the people escaped.

[OXENinFLA]

Was it a Fed EX truck?


All over the road.

[null and void]

Killjoy.

[Orbiting_Rosie's_Head]

Foam trucks from BWI being used to put out the fire

[boxerblues]

sounds series, hugh even

come on this is for real

[nw_arizona_granny]

Have you noticed that since 9-11, many of the suspicious truck and bus accidents are at or on overpasses and bridges?

I caught it quite awhile ago and all the "strange accidents" tie up the ramps on the freeways.

Ruth

[OXENinFLA]

http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/tmctmpl.asp?url=/content/dpwt/operations/tmc/cam.asp#areas

Traffic cams

[Jim Noble]

My son is southbound on 95-crossed Delaware Bridge about an hour ago.

Updates, please.

[Muleteam1]

Not surprising. My experiences with I-95 is that most people driving on it believe 95 is the speed limit.

Muleteam1

[Orbiting_Rosie's_Head]

Summary coming up now. Tanker was a gasoline truck. Huge explosion. Not clear how accident happened, 2-3 other trucks and some cars involved. Happened right at the I-895 overpass. I-895 and I-95 closed. Foam trucks from BWI putting out fires. Brush fires everywhere.

[cupcakes]

Man, that is not good. Sure to be casualties. There was one like this in Florida probably close to 10 years ago--tanker truck on train tracks and the thing was hit and exploded and it incinerated several cars in front and behind it instantly. Terrible stuff.

[Diddle E. Squat]

MSNBC just had some video. Fire looks to be out, and best they can tell it looks like it involved just 1 truck and a 'white sedan'.