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5 dead, hundreds evacuated after semi-truck carrying ammonia overturns on Illinois highway
abc NEWS ^ | September 30, 2023 | Meredith Deliso

Posted on 09/30/2023 10:28:01 PM PDT by deks

The incident occurred around 8:40 p.m. local time [Friday, September 29] on U.S. Highway 40 less than one mile east of the village of Teutopolis, Illinois, authorities said.

A semi-truck transporting anhydrous ammonia rolled over, causing a "large plume cloud of anhydrous ammonia on the roadway that caused terribly dangerous air conditions in the northeast area," Effingham County Sheriff Paul Kuhns told reporters during a Saturday press briefing.

About 500 people have been evacuated in the wake of the crash, with the evacuation zone approximately 2 square miles on the east side of Teutopolis, authorities said.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: ammonia; chemicals; illinois; teutopolis; toxic; truckcrash
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To: Liz
I remember that day well. We had only lived in Houston a few years when that accident occurred. The truck was on the highest level of the interchange roads and it was probably a 200' drop from that road to where the truck landed.
21 posted on 10/01/2023 12:04:16 AM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: deks

Thank You...great post/link


22 posted on 10/01/2023 12:09:24 AM PDT by mythenjoseph (Always tired but so grateful American !)
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To: deks

I wouldn’t say it’s exactly clear, it hugs the ground in a fog.


23 posted on 10/01/2023 2:51:35 AM PDT by Husker24 (Pp)
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To: mabarker1

I spent a year at a local fertilizer plant when I was young

Worked a lot with anhydrous. Even did custom application for far

This thread just brought back memories. I’m looking right now at a 50 year old scar on my wrist that was nothing more than a scratch that I got working on a tank. Took all summer for it to heal


24 posted on 10/01/2023 3:07:14 AM PDT by digger48
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To: Husker24

right!


25 posted on 10/01/2023 3:09:33 AM PDT by deks
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To: deks

And what color skin did the driver have?


26 posted on 10/01/2023 4:23:55 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: joma89

And what color skin did the driver have?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Interesting that the driver has not been identified for the public.

Falling asleep at the wheel is a likely cause.

We need to know more before the Butt-edge-edge spin starts.


27 posted on 10/01/2023 4:45:22 AM PDT by Candor7 (( Ask not for whom THE Trump trolls...He trolls for thee!)<img src=""width=500></img>)
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That is a correlary to coulter’s law. The longer it takes to identify the race of the person, the higher probability it was a dark skinned race. When it is never publicied, that is a 100% guarantee it was a dark skinned race.

https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/coulters-law/


28 posted on 10/01/2023 4:50:33 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: deks

Yeah, some bleach will clean that right up. 😳. NOT!


29 posted on 10/01/2023 5:03:56 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with thisπŸ’©? πŸš«πŸ’‰)
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To: joma89

If so, five people were killed by a sleepy or stoned man who should not have been driving.

The National Transportation Board is investigating ( burying the truth). The county coroner refused to identify anyone. The local fireman and LEOs....shut right up......oh its SO good to live in the Dem lefty dictatorship of “Free Illinois.”


30 posted on 10/01/2023 5:08:54 AM PDT by Candor7 (( Ask not for whom THE Trump trolls...He trolls for thee!)<img src=""width=500></img>)
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To: mabarker1

I worked at a shipyard that repaired barges once upon a time. One had been transporting ammonia and had a crack in the interior hull that leaked into a wing tank. Just stepping over the access hatch nearly got to me. Pre OSHA days. Nasty stuff.


31 posted on 10/01/2023 5:09:47 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with thisπŸ’©? πŸš«πŸ’‰)
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To: deks

Informative - thanks!


32 posted on 10/01/2023 5:19:53 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: joma89; Candor7

[And what color skin did the driver have?]


Coulter’s Law applies generally to crime, not industrial accidents.

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/slideshow/1976-ammonia-truck-disaster-historical-photos-202219.php
[The accident claimed seven lives, including six who died at the scene or shortly afterwards: David Randle Whiteman, 48; Grace Gillebaard, 33; Earl Davis, 26; Gordon D. McAdams, 40; Robert Wisnoski, 64, and truck driver William Gregory Schmidt, 28]

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155650592/william-gregory-schmidt

For liability reasons, companies that handle hazardous materials probably tend not to hire serious felons.


33 posted on 10/01/2023 6:38:00 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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To: deks

The one sure thing is that the filthy Chicago democrats who run the state couldn’t conceivably care less.


34 posted on 10/01/2023 7:01:26 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: digger48

I worked with it also. We piped it from tanks to heat treat furnaces using extra strong fittings and seamless pipe schedule 80. I had the misfortune of getting gassed a few times, very scary just a whiff was enough to gag and make you puke. burn your eyes and skin. Nasty shit.


35 posted on 10/01/2023 7:45:07 AM PDT by ABN 505 (Right is right if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong if everybody is wrong. ~Archbishop Fulton John)
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To: Zhang Fei; joma89

For liability reasons, companies that handle hazardous materials probably tend not to hire serious felons.>

YOu miss the point. NO matter who it was or what color of skin he had he likely fell asleep at the wheeel.

Why did he fall asleep?

There are many reasons:

1) patrtying late

2) stoned on drugs

3) overworked, too may copnsecutive driving hours

Or just maybe he was texting on his cell phone.

Its poassingly strange that the driver of this truck has NOT been identified


36 posted on 10/01/2023 5:41:45 PM PDT by Candor7 (( Ask not for whom THE Trump trolls...He trolls for thee!)<img src=""width=500></img>)
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