Thursday, August 11, 2005

Overturned truck takes out road

Hi everyone-

Well this made me laugh this morning - A truck overturned carrying 35,000 lbs of explosives and did this:



The article further went on to state:

By that time, between 20 and 30 other people who had been traveling on the highway had gathered around the wreckage to help. They were relieved to see the crew climb out of the truck alive.

But the mood quickly turned frantic: "It's explosives," Lysfjord shouted. "Get out of here." He said there was roughly three minutes between the time of the crash and the explosion.

The blast tore out a crater - 30 feet deep by 70 feet across - in the road, took chunks out of the canyon wall, set more than a dozen brush fires and damaged a Union Pacific rail line.

But it looks like the truck did not do so well:



Article and photos obtained from here.



WOW! I am surprised there is anything left at all.

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