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.
A semitruck carrying caustic anhydrous ammonia toppled about 9:25 p.m. Friday night in Teutopolis, spilling more than half of its 7,500-gallon load, according to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
Private and federal environmental contractors, summoned to recommend a cleanup procedure, were en route to Teutopolis, a town of 1,600 about 110 miles northeast of St. Louis. Illinois State Police investigate semi truck crash and ammonia leak. Courtesy of Tyler Repking of Repking Media"The wind changed three or four different times on us," said Tim McMahon, chief of the Teutopolis Fire Protection District. "That’s another reason we got crews out in different places, reporting back on which way the wind’s going."Complicating matters was that an accident on Interstate 70 earlier Friday forced a detour of traffic east along U.S.
Anhydrous ammonia is used by farmers to add nitrogen fertilizer to the soil, and it’s also used as a refrigerant in the cooling systems of large buildings such as warehouses and factories. According to the American Chemical Society, it is carried around the United States by pipeline, trucks and trains.
"It’s terrible. It’s bad stuff if you are involved in breathing it, especially because it gets in your airways, in your lungs and it burns," Kuhns said.
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