AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. (WJBF) – A little after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office responded to a tractor-trailer that went over a bridge on I20 at Highway 1 .
“The tractor-trailer had hazardous material that it was hauling. That hazardous material has been identified as methyl acetate, which is a highly flammable hazardous material,” said Jason Griffin, Major, Aiken County Sheriff’s Office.
“Just saw the 18-wheeler leaking out like some fluid of whatnot, and on it, it says flammable,” said Bahseem Peterson, Helped the driver out of the truck. “So, we were trying to get everybody to back up as far as possible and get the young lady out of the 18-wheeler and get her back as far as possible.”…