{"id":76666,"date":"2015-07-10T14:18:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T19:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=76666"},"modified":"2015-07-10T14:18:43","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T19:18:43","slug":"tanker-crashes-leaks-acid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=76666","title":{"rendered":"Tanker crashes, leaks acid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/NDHP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3847\" alt=\"NDHP\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/NDHP-300x197.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a>UPDATE: Due to hazmat response and vehicle recovery, the road is expected to be closed until the evening hours on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>BEULAH, N.D. (AP) &#8211; North Dakota Transportation Department officials have closed state Highway 49 near Beulah due to the crash of a semitrailer hauling sulfuric acid.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Highway Patrol Lt. Tom Iverson says the driver, 29-year-old\u00a0 Eric Schmidt, of Bismarck, was able to get out of the semi by himself after losing control of the vehicle on a curve about 7:15 a.m., on Friday. He was taken to a Hazen hospital to be checked out. No other vehicles were involved.<br \/>\n\u00a0The semi was traveling north on Highway 49 approximately four miles south of Beulah.\u00a0Schmidt failed to negotiate a left-hand curve in the roadway and drove into the east ditch. The semi overturned upon entering the ditch. Schmidt was able to get out of the vehicle and walk up to the road.<\/p>\n<p>The semi was hauling sulfuric acid. During the crash, the trailer was damaged and began to leak. At this time, it is unknown how much of the product spilled.<\/p>\n<p>The scene is being stabilized so crews can asses the amount of leaked product and remove the vehicles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Assisting at the scene were the Mercer Co. Sheriff, Hazen Fire, Bismarck Fire Hazmat, and Dickinson Fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0UPDATE: Due to hazmat response and vehicle recovery, the road is expected to be closed until the evening hours on Friday. BEULAH, N.D. (AP) &#8211; North Dakota Transportation Department officials have closed state Highway 49 near Beulah due to the crash of a semitrailer hauling sulfuric acid. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Highway [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76666"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76668,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76666\/revisions\/76668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}