Firefighters kept a careful watch on a trailer containing 17 tons of a material used in explosives, as salvage crews worked to remove the truck that overturned early today, closing the Northway.
Officials were unsure how explosive the load of naphthalene chips was, but said the material was flammable and excessive heat or sparks could ignite the material.
The accident occurred about 3 a.m. when the truck, driven by Darius Pohl, 35, of Montreal, went off the right side of the road just north of the Twin Bridges over the Mohawk River. The guardrail kept the truck from going over the embankment, but Pohl was pinned inside the cab for about an hour.
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