Highway 16 closed...

[ferniesnow]

Found this in my "morning news read" and thought that some of you may be interested.
Highway 16 closed indefinitely after propane tanker accident


BY ANDREA WOO, VANCOUVER SUN MARCH 30, 2011 BE THE FIRST TO POST A COMMENT


VANCOUVER -- Highway 16 is closed indefinitely in both directions at Dome Creek, with no estimated time of re-opening, after a single-vehicle collision involving a propane tanker truck on Tuesday night.

The crash happened at around 10:15 p.m., three kilometres east of Slim Creek, when a commercial driver reported seeing a B-train (two-trailer) propane tanker flip over and go down an embankment, said RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk.

The driver and sole occupant of the flipped tanker, a 31-year-old man from Edson, Alb., was able to get out of the vehicle and was taken to hospital with minor burns and non-life-threatening injuries.

One of the propane tanks exploded Tuesday night, causing a fireball reportedly visible from eight kilometres away.

The highway remains closed, and an evacuation zone of 1.5-km maintained as McBride RCMP, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructures and LPG Emergency Response Corp. continue to monitor the site.

Investigators are unable to approach until the second tanker burns off, Moskaluk said.

"Once the fire is out, our collision analysts will attend in order to determine the cause of the collision," he said.

Motorists are advised to check DriveBC for the latest updates.

awoo@vancouversun.com

© Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun


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[maxwell]

where is dome creek. hope its not between vmont and jasper

 

[2manykids]

where is dome creek. hope its not between vmont and jasper

nope past McBride on the way to PG

 

[maxwell]

sweeeet

 

[Longhorn]

Driver is out...throw a flare...

Clear the road and the wreckage in one motion...What is there to investigate?? Driver fell asleep and drove off a cliff...Lucky to be alive without the explosion...

 

[Summiteer]

Driver is out...throw a flare...

Clear the road and the wreckage in one motion...What is there to investigate?? Driver fell asleep and drove off a cliff...Lucky to be alive without the explosion...

Wow, you know EVERYTHING.........

 

[Longhorn]

Wow, you know EVERYTHING.........

You know something else?? Spill it...

How many other ways do single vehicle semi accidents happen in the night??

Dont see a lot of semis swerve to miss deer LOL :d

 

[magnet]

You know something else?? Spill it...

How many other ways do single vehicle semi accidents happen in the night??

Dont see a lot of semis swerve to miss deer LOL :d

we seen one once at the place i was working at in drayton. driver rolled picker nearly wrote it off, said he swerved to miss a moose and cught the edge of the road pulled him into the ditch, this happened in the winter, no big deal right, well only issue we had was howcome ther was no friggen tracks crossing the road anywhere within a half mile either way of the wreck, and even the ones that were there were probably a few days old

 

[Longhorn]

Same deal here Magnet...

We were out on the Suffield Block, thousands of Elk out there. Driver reported swerving to miss an Elk. Even the bucks travel in groups of 10, but funny no tracks. Later he admitted to catching the front wheel in the snow drift and it whipped the wheel out of his hands and over she went...

Mandatory drug test...failed...Fantastic worker too

 

[glengine]

Road is currently open to single lane alternating traffic since around 8:30am this mornin.

 

[modmanmike]

You know something else?? Spill it...

How many other ways do single vehicle semi accidents happen in the night??

Dont see a lot of semis swerve to miss deer LOL :d

Well if it's by dome creek it might be on the corner that is a 70km/hr corner and the snow melts and runs across the highway then freezes in the cold night temperatures. I've driven that road lots and ive almost crashed on those corners for that exact reason. And I'm training to be a CSI hahaha

 

[modmanmike]

In fact just 4 weeks ago on my way home from pg there was a gravel truck rolled over right at the bridge cuz of the back ice and that was at 3 in the afternoon

 

[glengine]

It'd be pretty close to there i think because it is about 3km east of slim creek that the accident is.

 

[modmanmike]

Good thing the driver got out.

 

[Pinner]

You know something else?? Spill it...

It's propane...no spillage of liquids, the guy lighting the flare would be engulfed by a ball of flame. Other than that, good plan.

Those bottles don't usually get breached. The press usually gets everything wrong.

 

[Longhorn]

Good thing the driver got out.

Very lucky...

 

[glengine]

We have neem told that one of the tanks exploded and the explosion could be seen for 8km's. The second tank was on fire which would be the pressure releif more than likely that had the fire. They had an area about 1.5km that was a nogo zone for people for a long time. They still say that the road could be re-closed at anytime if deemed necceessary.