By Tom Cherveny
WC Trib
MURDOCK, Minn. — Four people were treated at the Swift County-Benson Hospital for inhalation of anhydrous ammonia, and two were subsequently transported by air ambulance following a semi-truck and train accident Tuesday morning west of Murdock, the Swift County Sheriff’s Office reported.
The driver of the semi and trailer rig was transported to the hospital in Benson and airlifted. There was no report on his condition or identity, and there was no further information about any of the injured.
Anhydrous ammonia leaking from the damaged tank being pulled by the truck forced the closing of U.S. Highway 12 west of Murdock. It also led the Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg Schools to evacuate elementary students in Murdock to the high school in Kerkhoven as a precaution.
Full story: Four treated after semi carrying anhydrous ammonia, train collide near Murdock, Minn.