(spanish Fork) Canyon explosion a warning shot (about radwaste transport)

[struggle4progress]

Friday, August 12, 2005 - 12:00 AM |
IN OUR VIEW Canyon explosion a warning shot
The Daily Herald

Wednesday's accident in Spanish Fork Canyon illustrates two things:

The highway needs safety improvements.

Shipping nuclear waste through Spanish Fork Canyon is a really bad idea.

The tractor trailer carrying more than 17 tons of explosives blew up after overturning in the canyon near Thistle. <snip>

http://www.harktheherald.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=61855&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

[shraby]

1. Anyone have that photo of the blast?

There were two that I saw...one from the air and one from ground level.

[tocqueville]

2. and besides...

it should be forbidden to carry that amount of explosives in a truck at all

for general security reasons

and for anti-terrorism reasons

[niallmac]

3. Since we are on the subject. How did the driver survive?

Was he rescued? Can he run faster than Super Man? Did the truck burn for an hour or so?

[kestrel91316]

4. I think the truck overturned, the uninjured driver got out,

got some car occupants nearby to safety, then the truck exploded.

[niallmac]

5. Wow. Lucky. A HUGE explosion.