The dead included three members of the same family.
Five people were killed and five others seriously injured in Illinois when a truck carrying a toxic substance crashed.
The truck carrying caustic anhydrous ammonia overturned at around 9.25pm local time on Friday in Teutopolis, spilling more than half of its 7,500-gallon load, according to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. “We have a lot of brave firemen, EMT, hazmat specialists, police officers that are working on this scene as we speak,” Effingham County Sheriff Paul Kuhns told reporters.The accident caused “a large plume, cloud of anhydrous ammonia on the roadway that caused terribly dangerous air conditions in the northeast area of Teutopolis”, Mr Kuhns said.
Mr McMahon said the tanker began leaking after rolling over in a ditch. He said authorities are still preventing cars from driving in that area. Residents within a one-mile radius of the spill were evacuated. The town of 1,600 people is about 110 miles northeast of St Louis. OceanGate Titan sub tragedy set to be made into a film as writers say it will 'honour those involved'Trailblazing US Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein dies aged 90US acknowledges Iranian satellite has successfully reached orbit
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