Auck - Southern Motorway tanker crash (17 Feb)

**Bren** · 17th February 2009, 14:54

In the news just now...A Tanker has crashed on the Southern Motorway.
It is carrying a load of Ammonium Nitrate, which in itself is very dangerous, it's the stuff that was used for the Oklahoma Bombings.

Traffic was being diverted after a tanker believed to be carrying ammonia nitrate hit a lamp post on a bridge over the Southern Motorway in Auckland, police said today.
The incident happened in mid-afternnon on the Redoubt Road overbridge in Manukau City, South Auckland.
Police said there were no immediate reports of injuries.
Fire Service personnel were at the scene and road blocks with diversions had been established.

**R6_kid:Me** · 17th February 2009, 14:57

Ammonium Nitrate by itself isnt bad, but when you add diesel and but a charge through it, it becomes a 'low' explosive.

**Maha** · 17th February 2009, 14:59

So its not really on the Motorway?
Its above it?

**slofox** · 17th February 2009, 15:02

Originally Posted by Bren

It is carrying a load of Ammonium Nitrate, which in itself is very dangerous, it's the stuff that was used for the Oklahoma Bombings.

In WWII "amonal" was used as an incindiery load in bombs...mix of ammonium nitrate and aluminium powder if my memory serves me correctly and a tad of TNT too I think...seem to remember reading about it in my school chemistry textbook...hmmm these days such a book would be banned and the school locked down with gazillions of AOS dudes running everywhere like beheaded chooks....

**fatzx10r** · 17th February 2009, 15:05

Originally Posted by Bren

A Tanker has crashed on the Southern Motorway.
It is carrying a load of Ammonium Nitrate.

will have to make sure no raghead's go and pilf it all

**Bren** · 17th February 2009, 15:07

Originally Posted by R6_kid

Ammonium Nitrate by itself isnt bad, but when you add diesel and but a charge through it, it becomes a 'low' explosive.

thanks for the correction

**Madness** · 17th February 2009, 15:15

All over, Rover.

Originally Posted by The Fuzz

Update
Time:
16:10 17-02-2009

District:
Counties Manukau

Incident Type:
motor vehicle collison

Location:
redoubt rd manukau

What happened:
Truck collision Redoubt Rd Manukau.

The road has now been reopenned.

Issued by:
Inspector Anthony Edwards

Being able to spell is obviously not a pre-requisite for being an Inspector.

**SPman** · 17th February 2009, 15:17

Also used as a fertiliser, when not being squirreled away by hordes of disgruntled bombers.........

**Tank** · 17th February 2009, 15:22

I just think its sad he crashed before he got a chance to get rid of that bloody Manakau Mall.

**lb99** · 17th February 2009, 15:23

we got my 12yo a cristal growing set for christmas, which has small doses of various chemicals, most importantly 20g of ammonium nitrate which immediately on discovery became a crater in the lawn. oops