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Tanker Truck Crash Forces Evacuations

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published November 21, 2013 at 6:47 AM EST

Fayette County Sheriff's deputies say hundreds of evacuated residents are back in their homes after a tanker truck crash on U.S. Route 62 last night. Deputies say no injuries were reported when the tanker carrying propane tipped over near Washington Court House. Deputies say people living within a half mile of the scene were evacuated as a precaution while the crash site was cleared. The cause of the crash has yet to be determined.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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