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Tanker truck carrying 10,000 gallons of oil crashes into home
- Early Monday morning just before 6:30 a.m., a tanker truck carrying crude oil left the road and crashed into a home in Wellington, Utah, on State Road 6.
- The tanker was traveling eastbound through Wellington and veered off the right side of the road, but the cause of the crash remains unknown.
- Before hitting the house, the tanker collided with six parked vehicles outside an auto repair shop, crossed an intersection, and struck a utility pole, fire hydrant, and fencing.
- A couple inside the crashed home were airlifted to a hospital in serious condition, two tanker occupants were hospitalized with moderate and serious injuries, and a nearby 12-year-old boy was uninjured.
- This multi-vehicle crash in the small town of about 1,600 residents sent multiple people to hospitals while investigations into the incident continue without cause being confirmed.
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Tanker filled with oil crashes into Utah home; multiple people hospitalized
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Tanker filled with oil crashes into Utah home; multiple people hospitalized | News Channel 3-12
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Tanker Crashes into House on US-6 in Wellington
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4 injured when tanker crashes into Utah home
#foogallery-gallery-816659 .fg-image { width: 160px; } WELLINGTON, Utah — A commercial tractor hauling a tanker full of crude oil veered off the highway May 12, crashing into several vehicles before crashing into an occupied residence in Utah. According to the Utah Department of Public Safety, the truck was traveling east on SR-6 at mile marker 247 at Wellington when it left the roadway. After colliding with six vehicles that were parked at an…
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