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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael F. Gorman

To protect the public from hazardous materials accidents, look to trucking before rail

A view of the scene on Feb. 24 as the cleanup continued at the site of a Norfolk Southern freight train derailment on Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio. (Matt Freed/AP Photos)

Less than two weeks after train cars filled with hazardous chemicals derailed in Ohio and caught fire, a truck carrying nitric acid crashed on a major highway outside Tucson, Arizona, killing the driver and releasing toxic chemicals into the air.

The Arizona hazmat disaster shut down Interstate 10, a major cross-country highway, and forced evacuations in surrounding neighborhoods.

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