Eyewitnesses reported hearing explosions as a tanker truck carrying propane burst into flames on the Long Island Expressway in Queens.
Brian Prahl / MEGA
Posted on 12/22/2020 10:51:18 AM PST by texas booster
This is the moment a tractor-trailer carrying nearly 300 propane tanks exploded after an accident on the Long Island Expressway early Tuesday — a crash likely caused by black ice, according to cops.
Dramatic footage shows the massive inferno just after midnight on the eastbound service road of the highway near Junction Boulevard in Queens — with clips catching several explosions from the 294 propane tanks being carried.
Police investigators found black ice just before the crash, and believe the tanker truck likely overturned after slipping on the ice — possibly while trying to avoid another vehicle that also skidded on it, an NYPD spokesman told The Post.
Amazingly, the driver escaped without injury, the spokesman said.
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Looks cozy.
NY Post needs to get its act together. Cutline and story don’t match. Either it was a trunk carrying a number of tanks, or it was a tanker truck, not both.
“In the first photo, what is the guy on a horse, in front of the cab doing?”
Not a guy on a horse.
The truck is on its right side, and what you’re seeing is the front bumper and the radiator.
I’d really like to see one of those wheeled into Congress - during the State of the Union address.
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Our Raghead 7-11 caught an Iraqi FROG missile about 2 weeks after the battle of Khafji. We were 10 clicks away and watched the propane bottles for 15-20 minutes. We had to drive an extra 50 km for propane and fresh fruits and veggies after that.
Some people must be desperate to dine out in the middle of a blizzard or they just hate to cook.
My wife and I went to Costco this morning on a grocery run during senior hour (no line to wait in). Crowded as heck. I think the Costco mgmt went berserk because they sent an employee with a bullhorn around all the isles telling people to "social distance" and keep 6 feet apart. Almost every customer ignored the employee. Guess we older folks aren't afraid to die, or we hate the politics of this pandemic.
Looks like it took care of the black ice,
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Good one. But once more, black ice appears when the temperature is below zero and car exhaust freezes to the road.
Was it sub-zero on LI? If not, it was just ice.
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