TRUCK DRIVER KILLED IN CRASH PESTICIDE SPILLS BUT QUICKLY CLEANED UP FROM LEONA VALLEY ROAD.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LEONA VALLEY - A pest control pest control n → control m de plagas pest control n → lutte f contre les nuisibles pest control pest n truck driver was killed and at least 50 gallons of insecticide spilled when the man's vehicle overturned on curving Bouquet Canyon Road. Larry Cossairt III, 44, of Palmdale died at the crash scene. ``(Cossairt) was not wearing his seat belt and was ejected from the truck,'' said California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer John Williams This biographical article or section needs additional references for verification. Please help [ to improve this article] by adding additional sources. Unverifiable material about living persons must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. . The crash occurred about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday on Bouquet Canyon Road north of Spunky spunk·y adj. spunk·i·er, spunk·i·est Informal Spirited; plucky. spunk  i·ly adv. Canyon Road.
Cossairt was driving north when he apparently lost control of his vehicle after coming out of a turn. The crash spilled the pesticide chlorpyrifos on the pavement and the dirt shoulder. Fire officials said the chemical was cleaned up in less than two hours. Officials with the state Office of Environmental Safety responded to assist in the handling and cleanup of the chemical. The pesticide is used to kill termites and other insects; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and in 2000 called for phasing out its use in residential settings. In people it can overstimulate the nervous system, causing nausea, dizziness, confusion and at higher exposures respiratory paralysis and death. The chemical that was spilled on the roadway had been diluted, according to CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officials. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) A California Highway Patrol officer investigates the crash of a pesticide-carrying truck that killed the driver. The driver was ejected after losing control of the vehicle. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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