DAYTON, Ohio - Officials have ordered about 50 employees to evacuate an aerospace company's plant near where a truck leaking hazardous acids forced the shutdown of Interstate 75 and created a green cloud drifting westward.
A plant manager for Lord Corporation APD says employees were sent home early Wednesday evening.
Patrol Lt. Bill Peck says authorities were alerted Wednesday afternoon that a truck had pulled over and was leaking yellow fluid on the highway just north of Dayton. Authorities who arrived on the scene discovered the truck was carrying hydrochloric and sulfuric acid.
The patrol does not know how much acid the truck was carrying or how much of the substance leaked onto the road. The highway will be closed for several hours as a hazardous materials crew cleans up the acid.
Peck says authorities are not evacuating nearby areas, but they are keeping an eye on the scene.
The driver was not identified.
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Published: January 21, 2010
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