TWO KILLED IN CRASH AND FIRE OF TWO VEHICLES WITH CRUDE OIL PIPELINE NEAR CENTER AVE AND MONI DR, NEW LENOX

    SAT MAR 03 2012 ~ 0200
    NEW LENOX FPD
    VEHICLES CRASHED INTO CRUDE OIL PIPELINE
    CENTER AVE AND MONI DR, NEW LENOX, IL

    FORD MUSTANG AND SUV CRASHED CHAIN LINK FENCE WHILE SIDE-BY-SIDE, TRAVELED ABOUT 125 FEET INTO ENBRIDGE ENERGY COMPANY PROPERTY, AND STRUCK CRUDE OIL PIPELINE. THE CRASH CAUSED A LEAK AND IGNITION. THE TOP OF THE MUSTANG WAS SHEARED OFF. FIRE BURNED UNTIL 0500 CST. OIL LEAK CAPPED AT 0800 CST. TWO MEN IN MUSTANG BURNED AND DIED IMMEDIATELY. THREE MEN RESCUED BY NEW LENOX POLICE OFFICER ERIC ETCHISON, AND TRANSPORTED TO LEVEL II TRAUMA CENTER SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL, JOLIET. TWO TRANSFERRED TO LOYOLA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER BURN UNIT -- ONE AIRLIFTED.







    FLAMES VISIBLE AT LEAST ONE-HALF MILE AWAY.

    ONE VICTIM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS POSEN FIREFIGHTER ZACHARY OREL (SOURCE UNKNOWN).

    MEDIA ...
    [PHOTOS] Chicago Sun-Times ‘It’s horrible, horrible, horrible’: 2 dead in oil pipeline crash

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