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A man is dead, several northeast Ohio roads are closed and diesel has poured into a river after a tanker truck lost control and exploded Saturday morning.

The driver of the truck was heading north on State Route 8 in Macedonia, about 18 miles north of Akron, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. As he attempted to merge on Interstate 271, he lost control and went over the side of a bridge, causing the truck to explode in a burst of flames when it crashed back on State Route 8, the sheriff’s office said.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

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[–] jordanlund 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"The sheriff’s office said diesel from the tanker got into a nearby river and leaked into Brandywine Falls, a 60-foot waterfall, briefly causing a creek to catch on fire."

Jesus, I did not have "flaming waterfalls" on my 2024 bingo card...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Having waterways catch on fire is a Cleveland specialty.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Temperatures dancing around freezing, bridges freeze quicker. Wonder if that had something to do with it. I can't load cnn, so I have no idea if there are any more details than OPs solid synopsis.

[–] sugartits 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

One of my blockers triggers cnn to block me back. I'm fine with that tradeoff and can't really be bothered to figure out which is causing it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I'm waiting, a little unhopefully, to find out that this is somehow Ohio's crooked government's fault.

[–] Reverendender 0 points 8 months ago

Of course it did.