[ RadSafe ] AZ Accident?

[Sandy Perle]

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May 7, 2006, 9:53PM
Truck With Radioactive Material Rolls Over 

SELIGMAN, Ariz. - A tractor-trailer carrying low-level radioactive 
items rolled over Sunday on Interstate 40 near this northern Arizona 
community when it rear-ended another vehicle.

The accident killed Jasper Brown, 55, of Conway, Mo., and critically 
injured Tim Harig, 25, of Springfield, Mo.

Both were traveling together in the tractor trailer; Brown had been 
in a sleeping compartment of the vehicle. Harig was in critical 
condition at Kingman Regional Medical Center Sunday evening.

The accident was not threatening public health, said Officer Tim 
Mason, spokesman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

The truck was carrying protective clothing, towels, tools and other 
items used in processing radioactive material.

The items, which contained low-levels of radioactive solid metal 
oxide, were scheduled to continue their journey from Pacific Gas & 
Electric Co. in Avila Beach, Calif., to a Westinghouse Electric Co. 
service center in Madison, Pa., Mason said.
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Truck with radioactive material overturns, I-40 closed 

May. 7, 2006 
Getting across northern Arizona could be difficult for quite some 
time. 

The Arizona Department of Public Safety reports a tractor-trailer 
carrying radioactive material was traveling eastbound on Interstate 
40 between Ash Fork and Seligman when it overturned Sunday morning. 
The driver was killed in the accident. 

Because of its cargo, a 75-foot perimeter has been established around 
the wreck. The highway has been closed eastbound and could remain 
closed until Monday morning. Traffic has been diverted to old route 
66. 

The westbound lanes remain open. 

The accident scene is at milepost 131, a desolate area of Yavapai 
County near Picacho Butte.

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Sandy Perle
Senior Vice President, Technical Operations
Global Dosimetry Solutions, Inc.
2652 McGaw Avenue
Irvine, CA 92614 

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