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DADE COUNTY, Georgia - Tuesday, December 22,2008 - 12:30 pm - The rig
crashed in the 15000 block Highway 157 (Lula Lake Road) on Lookout Mountain
near Cloudland, Georgia, Monday afternoon. The truck belonged to Florida
Rock and Tank lines.
The Georgia State Patrol says the truck driver, not yet publicly identified,
apparently lost control of his rig and left the roadway. The trailer loaded
with about 6,000 gallons of gasoline burst into flames.
Pep Grimes whose office, Lookout Mountain Real Estate, located near the
crash scene, says the accident happened shortly after noon Monday. He said
"We heard a loud 'boom' and the windows shook. We thought it might have been
a sonic boom or a small earthquake or someone blasting rock. It was followed
by several more explosions. A neighbor came rushing into our office saying
that an 'eighteen-wheeler' had wrecked and exploded and to call 911, which
we did. Then we all went out to see what was happening and saw all the black
smoke and the wreckage just up the road from our office."
No other vehicles were believed involved in the accident but the Georgia
State Patrol is continuing its investigation to determine the cause of the
crash.
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