Kenneth Bryan, Rosie Bryan, Walker Bryan, Danny J. Smith, and Vasile Crivovan killed following truck crash on U.S. Highway 40 near Teutopolis, Illinois

Modified Date: 
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 12:56pm
Accident Date: 
Friday, September 29, 2023

Truck accident in Illinois causes "multiple" deaths and an ammonia leak that leads to an evacuation

Tim McMahon, chief of the Teutopolis Fire Protection District, said the tanker began leaking after rolling over in a ditch. He said authorities are still preventing cars from driving in that area.

Multiple fatalities, evacuation order in place after semi carrying ammonia crashes in Illinois

At about 9:25 p.m., ISP was notified about a crash on the highway “involving multiple vehicles, including a semi-truck that is leaking anhydrous ammonia,” police said.

2nd UPDATE: 2 Teutopolis children and an adult among 5 dead in anhydrous ammonia leak

Five people were overcome by anhydrous ammonia and died – including two children under 12 and an adult from the same Teutopolis residence – after a semitruck carrying the toxic substance overturned on Route 40 Friday night, Effingham County Coroner Kim Rhodes confirmed on Saturday.

Illinois ammonia truck crash kills 5, forces temporary evacuation

The tanker truck crash in central Illinois that killed five people may have started when another vehicle tried to pass the chemical-laden truck, a federal transportation official said Sunday.

Five killed in Illinois tanker truck crash apparently died from ammonia exposure: Coroner

Rhodes said the victims were exposed to the ammonia “due to traveling through the scene of the crash site.”

Ohio girl concedes cutting off tanker that spilled chemical last year in Illinois, killing 5

“No, you don't have to. It was totally my fault,” the girl said. “I've honestly in the past had times when I just don't use good judgment in judging like distances and whether I have enough time for something.”

 

People Involved: 
Kenneth Bryan
Rosie Bryan
Walker Bryan
Danny J. Smith
Vasile Crivovan
Roadway: 
U.S. Highway 40