Truck overturned in Illinois: causing a multiple crash, five deaths and the evacuation of hundreds of residents due to an ammonia leak

A truck carrying 28,390 liters of anhydrous ammonia (without water) overturned on Friday in central Illinois, causing a pileup that left five people dead and several injured. Also, the toxic substance leaked, so the evacuation of hundreds of residents was ordered.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency indicated that the accident occurred at night in the city of Teutopolis and that more than half of the load spilled, he reported. The Associated Press.

Effingham County Medical Examiner Kim Rhodes indicated that among the five deceased