UPDATE: Shelter-in-place order extended to 3-mile radius around hazmat situation on I-10; all Vail s

[Ptah]

Source: KOLD TV - Tucson

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - A shelter-in-place order was extended Wednesday morning, Feb. 15, to include a 3-mile radius around the scene of a deadly crash and hazmat spill on Interstate 10.

The incident between Kolb and Rita roads forced evacuations in the area on Tuesday, Feb. 14.

Shortly after the shelter-in-place order was extended, the Vail School District announced that all its schools would be closed Wednesday.

Arizona DPS confirmed a truck carrying liquid nitric acid crashed in the median around 2:40 p.m. and the driver was killed.

Read more: https://www.kold.com/2023/02/15/truck-driver-killed-crash-that-caused-hazmat-situation-closures-i-10-tucson/

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full headline: UPDATE: Shelter-in-place order extended to 3-mile radius around hazmat situation on I-10; all Vail schools closed

[Kali]

1. wow!

I figured that would be over by now. not to be selfish, but I have an appointment at Grant and I 10 tomorrow. wonder if detour will still be going.

[Warpy]

5. Nitric acid is nasty and persistent

It will be a while before residual acid is offloaded and the spill neutralized.

My advice is to leave very,very early. I-10 is a major trucking route so it will still be jammed with traffic.

Sad news about the driver, I hope he had a dashcam that might show what caused him to go off the road.

[Kali]

10. may have been the wind, it was pretty bad yesterday

if he was westbound he had already made it past the worst spots between Benson and Tucson, but so far they haven't said what it might have been. I think they must be routing traffic through Vail, but also wind direction should change today. who knows?

don't want to miss this appointment as I am finally getting a PICC line pulled.

[Warpy]

14. Or the dust

Lots of pileups down there when the wind picks up dust and visibility drops to zero. A dsshcam would tell the story.

It's just so sad that he died.

[Kali]

15. that spot isn't too bad

out around Marana and west, and near San Simon and the NM border are the worst spots. plus it rained the day before so wind or some human/traffic error is my guess.

[Warpy]

16. Mine too, which is why the I hope the driver had a dash cam

I'm sure the family would like to know, too.

[electric_blue68]

2. Damn. Good Luck, people!

[SergeStorms]

3. Now all they need....

is a tanker full of glycerine to crash closely by. 😳

[NullTuples]

7. Someone died.

Also too unrealistic, making the "joke" too much of a stretch. To make nitroglycerin, a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid is needed as well as sodium bicarbonate or similar, and a specific, careful procedure followed. It's not some Coyote & Road Runner cartoon event that can happen by accident.

But mostly just not funny. I've known hazardous materials truck drivers.

[SergeStorms]

20. Sorry.

And you speak for everyone?

[NullTuples]

21. Nope. Just me. I thought it was in poor taste.

[SergeStorms]

25. You're entitled to your opinion.

I hope you have a wonderful evening.

[NullTuples]

29. You too

[Better Days Ahoy]

22. Speaks for me, too

Poor taste and, um, too soon anyway.
Post it. Deal it with it, son.

[Better Days Ahoy]

26. Golly, gee, Batman

If that's a lecture, wow.
"Non-star". Ouch! Who the F cares?

[Better Days Ahoy]

28. Nice. Bless your heart, son

[Better Days Ahoy]

23. Agree. All of the other comments were empathetic

This last one was tone-deaf.
We can be better here.

[SheltieLover]

4. Stay safe, All!

[Zorro]

6. Drove through that I-10 stretch about 2 hours before the accident

Extremely windy/gusty conditions -- might have been a contributing factor.

[calimary]

8. Thanks for the report.

Windy conditions. They always give me the creeps.

[IbogaProject]

9. 28 square miles

That is a large area, 3 miles radius means 6 miles across!

[StarryNite]

11. I didn't realize this was by Vail.

My neighbor's daughter's family lives there.

[czarjak]

12. Republican deregulation is likely? You can thank them for the Ohio train wreck.

[CanonRay]

13. This looks like it's by the old White Sox training complex

Anybody in Tucson...is that right?

[Ptah]

17. Yes, it is close to Kino Sports Complex

https://webcms.pima.gov/cms/One.aspx?pageId=195544

[Kali]

19. beat me while I was fixing typo

[Kali]

18. wreck was maybe 7-8 miles east of Kino Sports Complex