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Hazardous truck accident has parts of Newberry County evacuated
Posted: 06.12.2012 at 5:30 PM
Drew Stewart

Drew Stewart joined the WACH Fox News assignment desk in December 2011.

Read more:  Local, Newberry County Officials have Ordered some Residents to Evacuate after a Truck Carrying Explosive Material Overturned. Newberry County Sheriff's Office, Tuesday, Sheriff Lee Foster, Half Mile Area, Evacuated, The Wreck Site, Kinards, Precaution, Ammonium Nitrate, Diesel Fuel, Blasting Caps, U.S. 76, Highway 560, Middle of the County, Far from Columbia, Newberry County, Near I 26, Wreck Near Newberry, Not Safe, South Carolina

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An overturned truck can be seen in the distance as emergency workers block off a highway.  / Source: Fox Carolina
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KINARDS, SC (WACH / FOX Carolina)- Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster tells WACH-TV a half-mile portion of Hwy. 76  and Highway 560 in west Newberry County near Kinards is being evacuated due to an overturned 18-wheel truck.

The truck is said to be carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer and is leaking diesel fuel.  That combination is highly explosive when mixed in high concentrations.

Drivers are told to stay away from the area and use Interstate 26 to get around the area.

According to Fox Carolina, deputies said it should take about three hours to clear the crash.
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