Tuesday was a hazardous mess for motorists in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma when an 18-wheeler lost control and fell from one highway ramp onto another, according to KSLA 12. The accident caused the truck to spill more than 78,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate onto the roadway. (See item 11)
The Associated Press reports that a former national guardsman pretending to be a U.S. Army soldier convinced an officer to give him a sophisticated laser sight for military rifles before he was caught hours later on Fort Gordon base in Georgia with a land mine, several grenades and night vision devices, prosecutors said Wednesday. (See item 41)
