(The Center Square) – A tanker truck crash that killed five people just outside of the village of Teutopolis may have been caused by a car that attempted to pass the truck. The truck carrying the commonly used toxic far.
TEUTOPOLIS — Five people died from a anhydrous ammonia leak Friday night after a semi-tanker crashed along U.S. Route 40 carrying the fertilizer chemical east of this Effingham County village.
Teutopolis residents are learning more about the accident less than a mile east of town on U.S. Route 40 Friday night that resulted in a deadly leak of anhydrous ammonia
A federal transportation official says a fatal tanker truck crash in central Illinois that released a deadly chemical may have started when another vehicle tried to pass the truck on
Five people were killed and five others hospitalized when a tanker truck hit a trailer, releasing ammonia fumes. About 500 residents of Teutopolis were evacuated.