The crash caused a large plume of anhydrous ammonia that caused dangerous air conditions in the northeast area of Teutopolis.
Emergency responders work the scene of semitruck crash in Teutopolis, Ill., on Saturday. Federal regulators confirmed they are reviewing the crash of a semitruck carrying a toxic substance in central Illinois, resulting in"multiple fatalities" and dangerous air conditions that prompted the evacuation of area residents.SPRINGFIELD, Ill.
Jennifer Gabris, a spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board, said the agency is investigating the incident that occurred near Teutopolis.Firefighters, police and other emergency responders who converged on the scene late Friday were still on site Saturday to try to contain the cloud of anhydrous ammonia that emanated from the overturned tanker.
The accident caused"a large plume, cloud of anhydrous ammonia on the roadway that caused terribly dangerous air conditions in the northeast area of Teutopolis," Kuhns said."Because of these conditions, the emergency responders had to wait. They had to mitigate the conditions before they could really get to work on it, and it was a fairly large area.
Kuhns said he did not have information on whether the deaths were the result of the crash itself or the chemical leak. But he said that"the accident scene was large." "'T-Town' is a tight-knit community," Hartke said."Many people have sons and daughters, aunts and uncles within five or six miles of town."
"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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