Posted on 08/10/2005 3:14:00 PM PDT by ghostcat
I'm betting that's supposed to be "upwind", not "downwind".
Pretty wild. I was wondering what the explosives were for, too. Mining was my guess. They probably wouldn't be for the military, would they? I'm guessing bombs and missiles for Hill AFB are flown in by cargo jet.
Blasting caps and primer cord are under the same HAZMAT explosive type.
You may be thinking of fuse wire.
"I don't get it. Tanker trucks carry liquid. And you don't carry blasting caps and det cord in a tanker. Which one was it?"
This is just a journalist not being able to comprehend that there are things that do go bang besides gasoline.
I get so tired of idiot "journalists" I also hate it when my truck diminishes. It sounds like the kind of thing that det cord would do so I am going with the premise that it was not a tanker.
That's just what I was thinking. Most all mining blasting is done by slurry with fuse, but I suppose caps and det cord would be useful for wall blasting... I don't know how much fuse is actually used. I've been out of coal mining for decades, and other types of mining certainly use other kinds of methods.
Dunno. I suppose it'll get out where this was going before it went poof.
I just watched KSL News. What a huge crater. And it took out the side of the mountain and destroyed the trees, as well as making the railroad tracks move. Utah has had quite the excitement today, that Hyatte woman is from West Jordan (the woman involved in the shootout in Tennessee.)
The explosion left a giant crater - estimated to be 70 feet wide and 30 feet deep - on U.S. 6 about 60 miles south of Salt Lake City and forced the two-lane highway's closure in both directions.
Several small fires were started by the explosion and flying debris.
"The entire road is gone, shoulder to shoulder, there's no asphalt left," said Tom Hudachko, Utah Department of Transportation spokesman.
Witnesses said the truck's driver appeared to lose control of the vehicle after taking a curve at high speed, Highway Patrol Lt. Doug McCleve said.
The driver, Travis Stewart, 30, was flown to University Hospital in Salt Lake City, where he was in fair condition, spokesman Chris Nelson said.
Troy Lysfjord, 37, was lying down in the back of the cab when the accident occurred. He told The Salt Lake Tribune that he helped Stewart out of his seat belt and they climbed out of the cab with the help of nearby motorists.
By that time, between 20 and 30 people had gathered around the wreckage to help and Lysfjord said he shouted, "It's explosives! Get out of here."
"I was close enough that it literally picked me up off my feet and threw me on the ground," he told the newspaper. "I felt it literally all the way through me."
Lysfjord was in fair condition at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo and was expected to be released Thursday.
At least 19 other people were treated for injuries at various hospitals. Others may have been injured but sought medical care on their own, authorities said.
The rig from R&R Trucking of Duenweg, Mo., had just left commercial explosives maker Ensign-Bickford Co. at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon when the accident happened. The truck was headed to Oklahoma, company officials said. They wouldn't say what kind of explosives the truck was carrying.
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he was cited for doing 65 in a 45 zone, and the truck left the travel lane rolling over onto the guard rail creating sparks igniting the truck and boom...
Them truckers are always speeding it seems like. I'm glad some know when it's ok and when it's not.
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