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Head-on crash kills 2 drivers in BeaumontBKAI MON1 A head on collision between two 18 wheelers Tuesday that killed two men was had but it could have been a lot worse, according to a Beaumont F ire Department spokesmenThe driver of the tank truck, Daniel Blackmon,M of Nacogdoches died in surgery at St Kli/abethPolice beatHospital in Beaumontftonald Shedd, :i« of Columbus was dead at thescene1 tie accident, which stopped traffic for about two hours, occurred around 10 Mi a rn Tuesday on the (iulf Street overpass of Interstate 10, according to Tommy May of the Beaumont F'ire Department, when an eastbound tank truck apparently smashed through the center guard rail and collided with an )K wheeler in the westbound laneThough eight vehicles were involved in the accident. May said he hadn’t heard of any other injuries.The accident could have had much more disas trous effects had the tank truck been filled with hazardous materials, its usual contents, May said The problem would have been compounded by the generally high level of traffic congestion in that part of the interstate, he said
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Port Arthur News
Port Arthur, Texas, US
Wed, Oct 23, 1985
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