YORK, INVESTIGATORS DISCOVERED
THE PACKAGE ADDRESSED TO CLAPPER
DURING THE BUSY MORNING RUSH
HOUR.
PIPE 8 10:04:44(SOT: JUSTIN
LUNIN-PACK / RESIDENT) WE JUST
GO ABOUT LIFE AND GO TO WORK AND
STAY WITH OUR LOVED ONES AND DO
OUR BEST. (WCBS GROUND SHOT AT
9:59AM) THE NYPD BOMB SQUAD
REMOVED THE PACKAGE ADDRESSED TO
CLAPPER. IT WILL BE SENT TO THE
FBI'S LAB IN QUANTICO, VIRGINIA.
HILARY LANE, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK.
CAUGHT ON CAMERA --
WE'RE GETTING OUR FIRST LOOK AT
THE SECONDS BEFORE A LAWN CARE
TRUCK
CRASHED -- CAUSING A HAZMAT
SITUATION IN NIAGARA COUNTY.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED JUST
BEFORE 8 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.
THE CRASH TOOK PLACE ON ROUTE
31.
THAT'S SAUNDERS SETTLEMENT ROAD
IN THE TOWN OF CAMBRIA.
NEWS 4'S KATIE ALEXANDER WAS AT
THE SCENE.
((RE6405 /09:23:34 SAUNDERS
SETTLEMENT ROAD WAS
CLOSED FOR HOURS AS EMERGENCY
CREWS - AND THEN CLEANUP CREWS -
DEALT WITH THIS SINGLE VEHICLE
CRASH.
09:23:43))
((09:13:45 DEC IS COMING IN FROM
BUFFALO. THEY HAVE TO
ISSUE A CLEAN UP PERMIT, AND
09:13:49 THEY HAVE TO HAVE A
CERTIFIED COMPANY COME OUT, DIG
OUT THE DITCH, IT'S GOTTA
GO DOWN A FOOT OR SO. 09:13:55
CLEAN ALL THE DIRT UP, HAUL IT
AWAY. 09:13:57))
THIS WAS THE CAUSE --
A FUNK LAWN CARE TRUCK DRIVER --
LOSING CONTROL AND ENDING UP IN
A DITCH.
A NEIGHBOR'S SURVEILLANCE CAMERA
SHOWS THE TRUCK HEADING OFF THE
ROAD.
FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THE CRASH
CAUSED THE TRUCK TO SPILL MOST
OF ITS LOAD OF PESTICIDES.
((09:13:27 WHEN WE GOT HERE,
FIRST THING I CHECKED WAS
FOR LEAKING AND WE KNEW IT WAS
LEAKING SO WE CALLED FOR HAZMAT
RIGHT AWAY 09:13:34 WE'RE LUCKY
IT'S NOT THE REAL NASTY STUFF.
IT'S JUST THE NORMAL, ON YOUR
GRASS RESIDENTIAL PESTICIDES.
09:13:42))
FORTUNATELY, WE'RE TOLD, THE
DRIVER ONLY HAD MINOR INJURIES
-- BUT HE WAS
OUT OF IT WHEN HE WAS TAKEN TO
THE HOSPITAL.
A BYSTANDER WHO TRIED TO HELP
HIM PULLED A HAMSTRING, BUT
DIDN'T NEED ANY
TREATMENT.
THE FIRST ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF
FOR CAMBRIA FIRE SAYS HE WAS
TOLD DISTRACTED
DRIVING LED TO THE CRASH.
((09:15:28 CELL PHONES ARE
HORRIBLE, BUT READING
MANIFESTS AND CHECKING THE
ADDRESS WHERE YOU'RE GOING, ALL
THAT STUFF IS DISTRACTING. FIRST
THING IN
THE MORNING. WHO KNOWS.
09:15:43))
((RE6405/09:23:50 FIRE OFFICIALS
SAY DEPUTIES ARE
INTERVIEWING THE DRIVER AT THE
HOSPITAL AS THEY TRY TO PIECE
TOGETHER EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
IN THE TOWN
OF CAMBRIA, KA, NEWS 4. 09:24:02
))
