Spill Clean Up to Take Most of the Day
Friday, August 16, 2013 @ 9:28 AM
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Prince George, B.C.- It is expected a section of the Old Cariboo Highway will be closed for most of the day as hazmat crews clean up a corrosive material. A detour is available.
The as yet unidentified material, was spilled into a ditch just after 6 this morning when a flatbed tractor trailer left the highway and went into the ditch between Johnson Road and Giscome Road. A bladder bag of corrosive chemical spilled into the ditch.
when the truck went off the highway.
The driver of the truck and a responding police officer attended the University Hospital of Northern BC as a precaution for possible exposure.
The Prince George Fire Rescue Service is on scene and Emergency Management BC has been contacted.
The Prince George Airport runway is directly parallel to this portion of the highway, but airport operations are not affected.
Initially, it was requested that anyone who had driven through the spill area, go to the hospital. Now, police say the spill is contained in the ditch, the chemical is not airborne, but, anyone who may have stopped at the scene and may have come in contact with the chemical should go to hospital.
There is no danger of continued leak, and no residential evacuation as a result of this spill. The spill area is about 50 meters in length, all in the ditch.
Comments
Thanks for the clarification.
So the guy is carrying dangerous goods and he doesn’t have documentation! Scary!
Id like to know if its “unidentified” or “unidentified to media”… big difference there
also – good thing this didnt happen on our official dangerous goods route – down Victoria St ;)
The hazmat crews and officials know exactly what the corrosive material is. Will the media do their job and find out what it is, and then report that to the residents? Or will it remain buried “in the public interest”?
Yes, I think it is only fair that we all know what it is!!!
Don’t know why anyone would think that it would be a big **secret** as to what this truck was carrying.
I suspect that they just haven’t got around to releasing the information. If the trucker did not have the necessary documentation, then he, and the truck line are in trouble.
I sincerely doubt that they would send people to the hospital saying I’ve been exposed to a dangerous material, but no one knows what it is.
There is a long stretch of road that is potholed and cracked and should have been resurfaced a long time ago. Perhaps it contributed to the mishap occurring. The temptation is to swerve and aim for the smoother parts…better slow down, even though it is posted optimistically at 90km/hr.
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