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Train derailments get more headlines, but truck crashes involving hazardous chemicals are more frequent and deadly in US

  • Written by Michael F. Gorman, Professor of Business Analytics and Operations Management, University of Dayton
Train derailments get more headlines, but truck crashes involving hazardous chemicals are more frequent and deadly in USA trooper checks the tire of a truck carrying flammable contents during a random hazmat checkpoint in Colorado.Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Less than two weeks after train cars filled with hazardous chemicals derailed in Ohio and caught fire, a truck carrying nitric acid crashed on a major highway outside Tucson, Arizona, killing the...

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