Tanker Spills Blood
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SYRACUSE, Kan. — A tanker truck carrying animal blood to a processing plant sprang a leak, splashing cars and leaving a 20-mile-long stain on a highway.
“One lane was pretty much covered with blood,” Sheriff Dan Levens said. “It was splashing all over the cars.” A seal on the tank apparently failed Wednesday.
The blood posed no health hazard, said Verna Bagby, a spokeswoman for Clausen-Koch Corp., where the blood was to be dried, separated and sent to factories for use in animal feed.
Highway workers spread sand to soak up the spill.
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