1ST DEATH SINCE CONVOYS BEGAN XNG RIG CRASHES, DRIVER IS KILLED, 80 HOMES EMPTIED By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com BINGHAMTON – The driver of an Xpress Natural Gas truck was killed after he swerved to avoid a deer and crashed into the concrete barrier, damaging his trailer and releasing an “unknown amount” of compressed gas into the air, prompting the evacuation of 80 residences in a quarter-mile radius. Transporting hazardous gases ought to be handled with a significant…
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BULLETIN XNG Truck Off Route 28 SCHUYLER LAKE – An XNG truck is off Route 28 south of Schuyler Lake at this hour, at least the third or fourth since a “virtual pipeline” has been trucking natural gas from Northeast Pennsylvania to a Little Falls processing plant last February. According to reports, the accident happened at 3 p.m. Roadblocks have been set up at the blinker in Schuyler Lake, and at Oaksville and Cattown, with tie-ups extending almost at far…
XNG Truck Breaks Down On Route 205, Towed…
Icy Road Caused Truck To Slide; Situation Soon Righted, XNG Says COOPERSTOWN – A spokesman for XNG said the truck incident Friday evening occurred when a driver, slowing on icy Route 205 north of Hartwick hamlet as the driver in front of him turned into a driveway, “slid partially off the road … and that was it.” “There was no driver error,” said XNG’s Jon Pierce. “There was no equipment failure. There was no danger. The truck was (soon) back…
2ND XNG TRUCK RUNS OFF RT. 205 RIG SENT ON WAY, ACTIVIST SAYS…