At least 5,000 residents were evacuated in eastern Pennsylvania after a truck carrying 33,000 pounds of toxic hydrofluoric acid overturned early Saturday. Driver Raymond Leblanc, 54, of Ontario, Canada, lost control of the vehicle while trying to avoid hitting a deer. He was initially trapped in the truck, but was rescued unhurt. Another passenger was also removed from the site and no other injuries were reported, police was quoted as saying by DPA. Most of the acid was in the form of pressurized gas, police told CNN and the leak was plugged eight and a half hours after the trailer overturned near Wind Gap, Pennsylvania.
