POSTED: 10:26 am EDT May 16, 2004 UPDATED: 9:47 am EDT May 17, 2004
NORLINA, N.C. -- A tanker truck crashed and caught fire on Interstate 85 early Sunday, closing the northbound lanes near the Virginia border for about six hours and sending a fireball into the sky above Warren County.
The tanker was carrying 8,100 gallons of a combination of gasoline and diesel, which sparked the explosion, officials said.
"It was 30 feet in the air, and it was spectacular," David Askew, of Warren County Emergency Management, said of the fire.
Virginia Beach Police Investigating 'Suspicious Circumstances' at Bayside Apartment Complex (Virginia Beach - Missing USS Theodore Roosevelt sailors)
Virginia Beach police are on the scene at an apartment complex in the 4600 block of Edwardian Court, investigating what they are calling 'suspicious circumstances.'
WAVY News 10 is told a woman called officials shortly after 9:00am Monday to report her two roommates - both sailors - were missing.
Police tell WAVY News 10 blood was found inside the apartment, located in the Bayside section of the city. Officials also say they found the apartment in disarray which, they believe, may indicate there was some type of struggle.
Authorities they are also looking for a 2003 Ford Ranger pick-up truck with any occupants inside the vehicle. The license plate number is JEZ-1662. The truck belongs to one of the two missing roommates. WAVY News 10 has learned the two missing roommates - one male, one female - did not show up for duty Sunday onboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Anyone with information about the truck, it's occupants, or the missing roommates is asked to call the Crimeline at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
Driver's name was *Epps*. Is this a common name? Why do I know this name? Tapping my brain now for memory to jog.
Tap...tap...tap.
Found it! (I love that Google!)
EPPS AVIATION
The Baltimore plane crash on Friday...
Plane was registered to *Epps* Aviation.
Well that shorts the supply. Price will go up.