Spill Prompts Evacuation
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MYRTLE, Miss. — A gasoline tanker truck ran off the road and overturned, killing the driver and forcing an evacuation within a half-mile radius, state troopers said.
The tanker spilled about 3,000 gallons of gasoline Saturday in a ditch on the side of Highway 78 in northeast Mississippi, officials said.
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