5 dead, hundreds evacuated after semi-truck carrying ammonia overturns on Illinois highway

abc NEWS ^ | September 30, 2023 | Meredith Deliso

[mabarker1]

I remember that day well. We had only lived in Houston a few years when that accident occurred. The truck was on the highest level of the interchange roads and it was probably a 200' drop from that road to where the truck landed.

[mythenjoseph]

Thank You...great post/link

[Husker24]

I wouldn’t say it’s exactly clear, it hugs the ground in a fog.

[digger48]

I spent a year at a local fertilizer plant when I was young

Worked a lot with anhydrous. Even did custom application for far

This thread just brought back memories. I’m looking right now at a 50 year old scar on my wrist that was nothing more than a scratch that I got working on a tank. Took all summer for it to heal

[deks]

right!

[joma89]

And what color skin did the driver have?

[Candor7]

And what color skin did the driver have?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Interesting that the driver has not been identified for the public.

Falling asleep at the wheel is a likely cause.

We need to know more before the Butt-edge-edge spin starts.

[joma89]

That is a correlary to coulter’s law. The longer it takes to identify the race of the person, the higher probability it was a dark skinned race. When it is never publicied, that is a 100% guarantee it was a dark skinned race.

https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/coulters-law/

[rktman]

Yeah, some bleach will clean that right up. 😳. NOT!

[Candor7]

If so, five people were killed by a sleepy or stoned man who should not have been driving.

The National Transportation Board is investigating ( burying the truth). The county coroner refused to identify anyone. The local fireman and LEOs....shut right up......oh its SO good to live in the Dem lefty dictatorship of “Free Illinois.”

[rktman]

I worked at a shipyard that repaired barges once upon a time. One had been transporting ammonia and had a crack in the interior hull that leaked into a wing tank. Just stepping over the access hatch nearly got to me. Pre OSHA days. Nasty stuff.

[P.O.E.]

Informative - thanks!

[Zhang Fei]

[And what color skin did the driver have?]

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Coulter’s Law applies generally to crime, not industrial accidents.

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https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/slideshow/1976-ammonia-truck-disaster-historical-photos-202219.php
[The accident claimed seven lives, including six who died at the scene or shortly afterwards: David Randle Whiteman, 48; Grace Gillebaard, 33; Earl Davis, 26; Gordon D. McAdams, 40; Robert Wisnoski, 64, and truck driver William Gregory Schmidt, 28]

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155650592/william-gregory-schmidt

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For liability reasons, companies that handle hazardous materials probably tend not to hire serious felons.

[Bonemaker]

The one sure thing is that the filthy Chicago democrats who run the state couldn’t conceivably care less.

[ABN 505]

I worked with it also. We piped it from tanks to heat treat furnaces using extra strong fittings and seamless pipe schedule 80. I had the misfortune of getting gassed a few times, very scary just a whiff was enough to gag and make you puke. burn your eyes and skin. Nasty shit.

[Candor7]

For liability reasons, companies that handle hazardous materials probably tend not to hire serious felons.>

YOu miss the point. NO matter who it was or what color of skin he had he likely fell asleep at the wheeel.

Why did he fall asleep?

There are many reasons:

1) patrtying late

2) stoned on drugs

3) overworked, too may copnsecutive driving hours

Or just maybe he was texting on his cell phone.

Its poassingly strange that the driver of this truck has NOT been identified