APRIL 2, 2015
ROWAN COUNTY, N.C.
UPDATE — Highway Patrol confirmed that the driver of
the tanker truck, carrying ethanol, died in the crash.
Emergency crews responded to reports of an overturned
tanker truck early Thursday morning in Rowan County.
State troopers closed Bringle Ferry Road near Panther
Point Road around 7 a.m.
There is still no estimate on when the road will reopen.
Officials have not said if there were any injuries involved
in the wreck and it is still unclear how the tanker flipped.
Investigators have not said what the tanker was carrying,
but HAZMAT personnel responded the wreck because of a possible leak.
Rowan County dispatchers told WSOC that
residents in the immediate area are being evacuated.
Source: http://myfox8.com