Fiery crash shuts down I-75

[Marlin]

Fiery crash shuts down I-75

One of the trucks had a placard on it that said "radioactive." Officials do not know what it was carrying, but are taking precautions. That is another reason that the interstate was completely shut down after the accident. Hazardous materials crews are on the scene.

http://www.wbir.com/story/news/traffic/2014/08/27/fiery-crash-shuts-down-i-75s-in-campbell-county/14695041/

[61nomad]

At one point, THP says there was concern one of the trucks may be carrying radioactive material because the truck had a placard on it saying "radioactive." THP has since confirmed there was no radioactive material involved in the crash.

Not sure what to say about that.

[Marlin]

At one point, THP says there was concern one of the trucks may be carrying radioactive material because the truck had a placard on it saying "radioactive." THP has since confirmed there was no radioactive material involved in the crash.

Not sure what to say about that.

Yellow does not show up well. Thanx for the update.

[retired nuke]

At one point, THP says there was concern one of the trucks may be carrying radioactive material because the truck had a placard on it saying "radioactive." THP has since confirmed there was no radioactive material involved in the crash.

Not sure what to say about that.

Often, trucks have multiple placards that fold over - you need the Radioactive one, flip past the Hazardous / Flammable, etc.
That may have been how the radioactive placard was present - it got flipped in the accident...

[Marlin]

Often, trucks have multiple placards that fold over - you need the Radioactive one, flip past the Hazardous / Flammable, etc.
That may have been how the radioactive placard was present - it got flipped in the accident...

Perhaps, this article has updated several times with new info over the last day. It was pretty quick that the HazMat teams verified there were no radioactive material involved.