Wreck Spills Hazardous Material, Closes 1 Lane of I-64
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By The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Sep. 18--One lane of eastbound Interstate 64 will remain closed most of the day as a crew cleans up a hazardous material spilled during a tractor-trailer crash, Kentucky State Police said.
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Two locomotives and 21 cars of a Union Pacific railroad freight train derailed in southern Illinois on Monday, spilling a chemical that forced the evacuation of about 75 homes in bitterly cold weather, the railroad said.
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A freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed early Saturday, damaging at least four homes and forcing more than 200 people to evacuate, officials said. No serious injuries were reported.
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After rescuing more than 100 stranded travelers from a snowbound stretch of Interstate 64, authorities today turned their attention to figuring out how to clear and reopen the highway.
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One person died and 34 others were hurt, three critically, in a fiery chain reaction of crashes Thursday on a foggy, wet, busy interstate, officials said. Thirty-three vehicles were involved.
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A fuel tanker truck crashed near the Pentagon early Wednesday, sparking multiple explosions that sent flames nearly 50 feet in the air and shut down a major highway for several hours overnight. The driver died in the accident, authorities said.
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About 80 vehicles crashed in snowy weather Sunday on Interstate 80 near the Ohio border, closing westbound lanes, Pennsylvania state police said.
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A device that appeared to be a bomb was found under an overpass on a busy Interstate highway near Cincinnati on Wednesday, and local media said a bomb squad removed and destroyed it.
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An investigation is launched after one person is killed and 20 injured in crashes involving more than 40 vehicles.
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By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press Writer, The Associated Press. The spill _ the worst on the river in nearly a decade _ stranded commercial vessels trying to move goods through the busy Port of Philadelphia
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A pipeline broke and spilled an estimated 63,000 gallons of crude oil into the Kentucky River early Wednesday, creating a 12-mile-long slick that crews were racing to contain to keep it from contaminating drinking water.
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An explosives-laden truck demolished dozens of fragile houses and shops yesterday, causing one of the highest tolls from a single blast.
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Dozens of vehicles crashed in separate accidents on Interstate 95 on Saturday as a storm blew through a Baltimore suburb, injuring at least 49 people
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Two locomotives and 21 cars of a Union Pacific Railroad freight train derailed in southern Illinois on Monday, spilling a chemical that forced the evacuation of about 75 homes in bitterly cold weather, the railroad said.
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At least 20 vehicles crashed into each other amid thick fog on an Indiana highway Wednesday, killing at least one person and injuring several others, police said.
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By Mark Agee, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 12--LEWISVILLE -- Interstate 35E was shut down in both directions after an 18-wheeler carrying a hazardous chemical overturned Monday morning, police said.
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Heavy fog forced crews to stop repairing an interstate Thursday that was the scene of a 70-car accident that killed four people.