Friday, 25. October 2002
Topic: - on October 25, 2002 at 8:27:29 PM CEST
10,000 evacuated in tanker-truck accident
A toxic-chemical leak after an accident on the Beijing-Shanghai expressway lead to the evacuation of nearly 10,000 people from four nearby villages and stalled traffic for seven hours, the Beijing Morning Post reported yesterday.
A tanker-truck, which was carrying 4 tonnes of phosphorus trichloride and travelling at 108 kmh, was hit in the rear by another truck during the accident on Sunday.
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