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I'll say it again...

Too damn many tank trucks crashing and burning. Police should be conducting random license checks on all tank truck drivers about now. This is leading up to something, and I'm afraid these are either rehearsals or "softening up" operations.

UPDATES appreciated.
Thanks to freeperfromnj for pointing to this article.
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http://abclocal.go.com/wabc

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=traffic&id=3501658

"Highway Inferno - Fuel Truck Bursts Into Flames
Driver Killed, Roadway And Train Service Brought To A Halt"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(Hunts Point, The Bronx -WABC, October 4, 2005) - A tanker truck burst into flames near the Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx Tuesday afternoon - shutting down the roadway and bringing some rail service to a halt.

Police say the driver is dead and the cause of the accident could be speeding.
Firefighters used foam to put out the fire, but damage stretched for more than a block - cars parked on nearby streets are destroyed and there are fears parts of the expressway could be compromised."

ARTICLE SNIPPET #2: "Firefighter: "It started leaking fuel and fuel started going down the block and at that time we had a real problem."

It was an inferno. Witnesses say it spread through the street like lava - torching anything and everything in its path. The tanker truck, for whatever reason, slammed into the boulevard median at about 2:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.

The fuel truck was carrying 7,000 gallons of number 2 fuel - 6,000 gallons of which were spilled in the accident. Some of the fuel went into the Bronx River.

The truck was heading northbound - the ensuing explosion and the flames were so intense that the cab of the tanker is barely visible."