FedEx truck explodes on I-270 in North St. Louis County

KMOX Radio | October 29, 2002

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Seems unlikely that FedEx itself was the intended target. More likely a package bomb intended for someone else?

[MsLady]

The very first pictures they showed did not show the cab just all of the debris, it looked like that's all there was.

[TomGuy]

FoxNews. 2 in cab at time of explosion. Both apparently unhurt. No ambulance on scene. Bomb squad not appearent either.

I-270/Bellefontaine Exit area North bound.

Both trailers destroyed, cab appears intact. Fires appear to be in package/contents areas, not in/around cab area.

[cajungirl]

Well now that both drivers are okay can I remark that I sure hope this doesn't take attention away from the televised rally,,oops,,how insensitive of me,,the Memorial Service for Wellstone tonite!!! I mean it would be so wrong of the news to focus on this when there is a ral,,oops,,,,a service to cover.

[Bigg Red]

...NRA card carrying right wing homophobe

You left off "ex-military."

[BunnySlippers]

MSNBC says truck was hit by car. My question: Was that before or after the explosion/fire? And were the drivers wearing turbans?

[TexasGunLover]

Actually, as a FedEx employee I know that FedEx does carry hazardous materials. As you said, they do have to be declared. But if someone lies, there really isn't any way to know.

[Mrs. P]

I think they are just now confirming that both drivers are OK, no injuries.

My brother drives for Fed Ex. I don't like the jokes, either.

[jgrubbs]

FoxNews has the headline on their site linking here, but no story there yet: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,66986,00.html

[The Duke]

Recent times are really starting to feel like the end of civilization - certainly civilization as we've known it.

[NittanyLion]

More likely a package bomb intended for someone else?

Could be. Could also be that this was not a bomb at all, but rather someone sent hazmats without the proper declarations.

[concerned about politics]

How long before we hear from Jean Carnahan, trying to exploit this for political purposes?

Hmmmmm. Was she losing the in senate polls like Toricelli and Welstone? Maybe the package was ,you know, for her. The return address was "Arkansaside, Arkansas." :-P

[blam]

A new poem?

"Who Blowed Up FEDEX?"

[js1138]

It means Al Quida (or similar pukes) realize the way to really hurt an open society like ours is to paralyze even the most mundane avenue of commerce. And just as the holiday seasons get rolling.

They're trying with the dock strike.

[hispanarepublicana]

Ignore at your own peril...

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[Maringa]

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[michigander]

FedEx Truck Explodes Near St. Louis

POSTED: 1:42 p.m. CST October 29, 2002

UPDATED: 1:49 p.m. CST October 29, 2002

ST. LOUIS -- A FedEx truck exploded Tuesday afternoon on a highway near St. Louis.

The blast occurred on Interstate 270. It was not immediately clear where the truck was headed.

No injuries are reported.

Refresh this page for further updates.

[browardchad]

The trailer(s) are mangled, twisted steel -- looks like an explosion in about the center of the first trailer (if there were two trailers, there's some confusion on that) -- the rear of the trailer (or the second trailer) appears to have been blown a couple of hundred yards to the rear of the cab, and is almost unrecognizable. Packages and enveopes strewn all over the highway; trailers still smoldering. The cab looks untouched, and it doesn't look like any truck fuel was involved.

[sweetliberty]

"I bet the Feds are going over the manifest list of every sender and addressee of packages on that truck."

Would they have that....I mean what was on what trucks?

[Bikers4Bush]

P.S. You'd have a hard time getting diesel fuel to explode and since most trucks run on diesel I'd have to say probably not.