European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday May 13.1987 Cox transportation lint s derailed train cars Lic in a pile in the Oil dds of tic Wood 9 Ittu Elm City no 2,800 flee in North Carolina after train derails spills acid Elm City . A a freight train derailed and ruptured a Tanker car spewing a Cloud Ofosu Luric acid into the air that forced the evacuation of 2,800people. Two evacuees complained of Throat irritation Bueno other injuries were reported in the monday Inci Dent said sgt. Myron Gay of the North Carolina High Way patrol. The derailment also disrupted Amtrak passenger trains. An estimated 115,000 Gallons Ofosu Luric acid spilled when 27 of the 137 cars of the Cox transportation train derailed in a Pine Forest. The Gas Cloud drilled slowly Westward. Most of the. Evacuees were allowed to return Mon Day night except for those who live within i half mile radius of uie wreck according to fire chief Doughall the train derailed about la 30 a.m., apparently after a wheel came off a Tanker. Five cars a to hauling sul uric acid Rind Al least one of them ruptured said Cox spokesman Lloyd Lewis in Jacksonville a. The train was in route from Hamlet to Richmond a. Workers had to writ for the Cloud to dissipate before Bayfront medical Center. She was re ported i i critical but stable condition with bums Over 45 percent of her body. Dpt vaccine manufacturer announces Cut in Price new York a a manufacturer that nearly tripled its Price last May Tor a childhood vaccine against diphtheria tetanus and whoop Iulg cough announced a Price Cut monday. Lederle laboratories of Wayne nj., said it is reducing the Price immediately to s8.92 per dose from $ 11.40 per Dpt vaccine had Cost $4.29 per dose last May when Lederle said it had to raise the Price because it could no longer get liability insurance to protect against lawsuits alleging harmful re actions to the vaccine. It needed the extra Money to injure itself the company spokeswoman Martha Homma said monday that while vaccine liability continues Tobe a problem the Price Cut resulted from a new assessment of How much Money would have to be put aside for it
