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truck wreck destroys highway and UP main in Utah
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The truck was laden with over 35,000 pounds of explosives called cast boosters that are used in mine exploration, according to the Salt Lake Tribune newspaper. The truck was en route to Oklahoma, having loaded up with explosives from a factory at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon. <br /> <br />The crash occured at a place in the canyon known as Apple Bend where there's at least one tractor-trailer crash a month. Needless to say, it's amazing nobody got killed. <br /> <br />The railroad line will probably be reopened long before U.S. 6 is suitable for traffic again. The Utah Dept. of Transportation has to make sure the rest of the mountainside doesn't decide to come down, and there's the matter of filling in the hole in the ground, repaving, and repairing fiber-optic lines. <br /> <br />This accident underscores the the bumper stickers I've seen on a few vehicles saying: "Pray for me, I drive on Highway 6!"
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