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Wreck Spills Chemical into Pike Creek

WEKU | By Chris Anderson, The Appalachian News-Express
Published February 8, 2012 at 11:05 AM EST
A Kentucky Powder Company tanker truck rests on its side in a creek at Little Robinson Creek following a crash Monday. The truck spilled about 15,000 pounds of a pink, powdery blasting agent, prompting officials to evacuate nearby residents.
Chris Anderson/Appalachian News-Express
A Kentucky Powder Company tanker truck rests on its side in a creek at Little Robinson Creek following a crash Monday. The truck spilled about 15,000 pounds of a pink, powdery blasting agent, prompting officials to evacuate nearby residents.

A tanker truck carrying explosive agents crashed into a Pike County creek this week, prompting an evacuation of nearby residents. According to Kentucky State Police Officer Jamie Fields, no one was injured Monday when the tanker truck, driven by Karl Ashley and operated by Kentucky Powder Company, crashed off of Little Robinson Creek Road and came to rest on its side in the creek. The crash caused the truck to spill about a third of its load of a powdery mix of ammonium nitrate and diesel fuel — an agent commonly used in blasting at mining and construction sites.
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