2 remain hospitalized after northern Illinois ammonia leak

2 remain hospitalized after northern Illinois ammonia leak | iNFOnews.ca
After an ammonia spill in Beach Park, an injured woman arrives at Vista East Medical Center on Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Waukegan, Ill. A chemical leak that caused a toxic plume to hang for hours over a northern Chicago suburb Thursday sickened dozens of people, including some who are in critical condition, officials said. (Joe Shuman/Chicago Tribune via AP)

BEACH PARK, Ill. – Authorities say two of the 37 people sickened by an ammonia leak in suburban Chicago last week remain hospitalized in serious but stable condition.

Lake County Sheriff’s spokesman Christopher Covelli said Monday that the other 35 people who were treated after Thursday’s leak have been discharged, including all first responders. Eleven firefighters and three law enforcement officers were among those injured.

Covelli says the two who remain hospitalized have been upgraded from critical to serious condition and moved out of intensive care.

A tractor driver was towing tanks of anhydrous ammonia from Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, to an Illinois farm when the chemical leaked, creating a toxic gas cloud.

The leak occurred in Beach Park, about 40 miles (65 kilometres) north of downtown Chicago. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.

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