Explosives-Laden Truck Rolls, Detonates; 9 Hurt
A truck loaded with 38,000 pounds of explosives tipped over on a steep canyon road, caught fire and exploded, injuring nine people and blasting an enormous crater in the highway.
According to the Utah Highway Patrol, the truck had just left an explosives manufacturing plant at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon along Highway 6 south of Provo when it was involved in a traffic accident and rolled over.
The truck burned for about 15 minutes, then detonated with enough force to create a crater 30 feet deep and 75 feet wide, police said. The explosives were to be used in mining and construction.
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