Tanker truck overturns near Buzzi Unicem cement plant

Ben Matthews

Monday, January 27, 2020

A tanker truck carrying approximately 44,700 pounds of mixed waste fuel overturned and injured a passenger Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, at about 7 a.m. near the Buzzi Unicem cement plant on South Sprigg Street in Cape Girardeau. Nearby sections of roadway and railway were closed for over six hours as emergency crews worked to contain the hazardous materials.

A line lays near an overturned tanker truck as Cape Girardeau firefighter Paden Lee stands near Engine No. 1 on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, near the Buzzi Unicem cement plant in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Cape Girardeau fire captain Dustin Koerber, right, walks near an overturned tanker truck Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, near Buzzi Unicem cement plant in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Emergency crews vacuum mixed waste out of an overturned tanker truck Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, near Buzzi Unicem cement plant in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Cape Girardeau fire battalion chiefs Randy Morris Jr., left, and Mike Ramsey talk while responding to an overturned tanker truck carrying about 44,770 pounds of mixed waste Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, near Buzzi Unicem cement plant in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson Fire Rescue captain Ryan Davie walks alongside firefighter Justin Angle as they approach an overturned tanker truck Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, near Buzzi Unicem cement plant in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)