Enbridge shuts down pipeline after cars crash in Illinois causing explosion
Posted Mar 4, 2012 04:12:00 PM.
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NEW LENOX, Ill. – Enbridge Inc., (TSX:ENB) has reportedly shut down a pipeline carrying oil from Canada to the U.S. after two vehicles crashed through a fence outside Chicago and struck the pipeline, causing a fiery explosion.
Police in New Lenox, Ill., say two men were killed and three others were injured in the Saturday crash.
New Lenox Police Chief Bob Sterba called the crash “horrible, horrible, horrible.”
Sterba said the five men involved in the crash were in their 20s and all from New Lenox, about 55 kilometres southwest of Chicago.
New Lenox Mayor Tom Balderman says crews were quickly able to seal an oil leak.
Officials say there should be no environmental impact and there is no danger to the public.
Enbridge was not immediately available for comment.
