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January 10, 2009
SEMI TRUCK CRASHES NEAR FARMERSVILLE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY ILLINOIS CAUSING SPILL OF CORROSIVE MATERIALS
Illinois State Police and fire crews from the Springfield, Waggoner and Farmersville were assisting in the cleanup of portions of northbound Interstate 55 in central Illinois. The Interstate was closed after a tanker truck hauling corrosive chemicals overturned on its side just before 8 a.m. Tuesday morning near Waggoner.
According to fire crews, the truck spilled two different volatile and corrosive chemicals.