Tanker crash spills 3,000 gallons of sulfuric acid into Nevada creek
Thousands of gallons of sulfuric acid en route to a mine spilled into a tributary of Nevada’s Humboldt River on Wednesday after a truck hauling the hazardous chemical crashed over an embankment.
The crash happened at about 2:15 p.m. on State Route 766 north of Carlin.
According to the Eureka County Sheriff’s Department, the driver failed to negotiate a curve, sending the truck and two tanker trailers filled with sulfuric acid down an embankment toward Maggie Creek.
The larger of the two tanks punctured, spilling an estimated 3,000 gallons of the chemical, a known carcinogen that can cause burns and lung damage.
Read more: https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2019/05/16/tanker-crash-sulfuric-acid-nevada-stream/3697002002/
(Reno Gazette Journal)
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