Friday, October 23rd, 2009
About 2,500 Attend Clinic At Mall take advantage of free H1N1
About 2,500 people were inoculated Thursday morning in Marion County’s first H1N1 flu clinic. The vaccine, in both shot and nasal injection form, was given out for free over a four-hour period at Lafayette Square Mall, WRTV6News’ Tanya Spencer reported.
A long line began forming at 3 a.m., five hours before doors opened, packed with people worried that they might not get another chance to get the vaccine. (more…)
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
WTHR-TV reported semi tanker explodes on Indianapolis highway ramp
A liquid propane tanker exploded on an Indianapolis highway ramp on Thursday, shooting a fireball of flames and black smoke into the sky and closing a section of two of the city’s major expressways.
The tanker’s driver was taken to a hospital with burns that didn’t appear to be life threatening, said Lawrence Township Fire Marshal Dick Groves. At least one other person also was taken to a nearby hospital, he said. No other details were immediately available.
Lonnie Hood said he was working near the highway ramp when he heard the explosion.
“We seen a big massive fireball like you wouldn’t believe,” he told WTHR-TV. “It was a massive explosion. It just roared in my chest. It was unreal.”
He said he and another man helped pull the driver out of the burning tanker.
“Me and another guy pulled him out of there and just drug him down the road here and his whole truck blew up,” Hood said.
Other witnesses said they had to put their cars in reverse to escape the flames, which charred billboards and a cellular phone tower.
“People near the explosion got out of their cars and ran from the scene,” witness Sage Kopronica told WISH-TV.
Groves said the “humungous” explosion happened after the truck rolled, with the cab and tanker separating and catching fire underneath an Interstate 465 bridge. He said the fireball could be seen and the heat felt two miles away.
“The flames were licking the bridge all around it,” Groves said.
The explosion closed Interstates 69 and 465 on the northeast side of the city.
State Police Sgt. Anthony Emery said the highways near the explosion scene would be closed until engineers reviewed the bridge for safety.
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
A tanker truck carrying liquid propane exploded on a underpass from I-69 to southbound I-465 Thursday morning. Tanker explosion closes parts of I-465 & I-69, thats the information from Wish TV.
Emergency crews arrived on the scene moments after the explosion and quickly put out the flames.
24-Hour News 8 reporter Jim Shella reports the trucker was seen by an eye-witness driving recklessly before the accident. He hit a guardrail and flipped the truck over which caused the explosion. Shella reports the driver was injured, but Good Samaritans helped pull him to safety. (more…)
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