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5 died of exposure to chemical in Illinois crash
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Five people died from exposure to a chemical that spilled after a semitruck overturned in central Illinois, according to autopsies conducted Monday. Effingham County Coroner Kim Rhodes said officia…
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Officials identify five people killed in truck crash that led to ammonia leak in downstate Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The tanker truck crash in central Illinois that killed five people may have started when another vehicle tried to pass the chemical-laden truck, a federal transportation official said Sunday.
By Paradise Afshar and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — At least five people were killed and parts of an Illinois neighborhood were evacuated due to a Friday crash involving a semi-truck carrying thousands of gallons of anhydrous ammonia.
Five people were killed and five were seriously injured after a truck overturned in central Illinois, causing a toxic substance to leak from its cargo and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of area residents, authorities said Saturday.
The Friday evening crash involved a semi-truck that started leaking anhydrous ammonia, prompting an evacuation of people within about a one mile radius of the crash, including parts of Teutopolis in south central Illinois.
An Illinois father and his two young children are among the five people killed by anhydrous ammonia exposure after a semi-truck carrying thousands of gallons of the toxic substance crashed Friday, the local medical examiner’s office announced.
Five people were killed and five were critically injured when a semitruck carrying anhydrous ammonia crashed in central Illinois about 110 miles northeast of St. Louis.
Five people were killed and five were seriously injured after a truck overturned in central Illinois, causing a toxic substance to leak from its cargo and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of area…
Authorities resumed their investigation Sunday of a central Illinois truck crash that killed five people, injured five others and prompted an evacuation for hundreds of residents after a toxic chemical leak.
The five people who were killed after a truck overturned in central Illinois, causing a toxic substance to leak from its cargo and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of area residents have been identified.
The crash Friday night killed five people, injured five others and prompted an evacuation for hundreds of residents after a leak of toxic anhydrous ammonia.
The five people who were killed following a tanker truck crash and chemical spill in central Illinois died from exposure to anhydrous ammonia, the county coroner revealed Sunday night. The tanker truck was carrying caustic anhydrous ammonia when it jackknifed Friday night, and hit a utility trailer …
Five people died from exposure to a chemical that spilled after a semitruck overturned in central Illinois, according to autopsies conducted Monday. Effingham County Coroner Kim Rhodes said officia…
Preliminary autopsies show that five people who were killed in a central Illinois crash involving a semitruck carrying anhydrous ammonia died from exposure to the caustic chemical. The Effingham County
By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Five people killed after a multi-vehicle crash in Illinois died from exposure to a toxic chemical that spilled from an overturned semi-truck, the Effingham County Coroner’s Office said Tuesday.
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