Fox News Alert stated that at about noon today (Oct 19th) a tanker carying Diesel Fuel was hi-jacked at gun point in Baltimore, Md. The Driver was fueling up at the time, when a man in a blue jumpsuit approached, pulled a gun and took his truck. Last seen heading towards I-95. The only other thing I could get was the truck had Maine and Maryland Plates. Police said it appeared to be a theft, not related to terrorism.

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With the traffic at this time of the day, he wont make it to far, what was he thinking?

Fox News reported that Police just located the hi-jacked tanker somewhere on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

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Stolen Tanker Truck Found In DC




Written by Bill Starks
9NEWS NOW
Created:10/19/2007 1:32:15 PM
Last Updated:10/19/2007 2:53:20 PM


WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- A gasoline tanker, hijacked at gunpoint in Baltimore early this morning, has been located in Southeast Washington, right off of I-295.

9NEWS NOW Reporter Gary Reals reports District police are quickly setting up crime scene tape around the truck. The truck is parked in the 100- block of Malcolm X Avenue SE, just a quarter mile off of the interstate, and just beyond the entrance to Bolling Air Force Base.

Police are still looking for the driver that stole the truck.

9NEW NOW has learned that canine units and Fire Department Hazmat crews are preparing to search the wooded area.

A 9NEWS NOW photographer was the first news crew on the scene. The truck driver's seatbelt was visibly hanging out of the driver's side door. The tanker truck appears to have been left here fairly recently, according to police on the scene.

http://www.wusa9.com/news/news_artic...provider=gnews

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The Truckers Report Merchandise

He made it 40 miles, not bad.. MD Dot aint on top of there game.
Why would the brother want to use a big truck, he just could have used a 4wheeler and made it home quicker..

personaly i think hazmat and mail carrier drivers should be allowed to conceal carry on and off the job. what if this person was a terrorist. thats a 40 ton bomb right there. and mail trucks haul billions of dollars in checks, money orders, identity, ect.

also tobacco and alcohol carrying drivers too.

just my personal opinion

That is a sweet old peterbilt though.

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Why stop there, let them all carry. Let everyone carry, then the criminals don't know who to victimize.

Only one bad thought to this. What about all of these radio rambo wanting to duke it out, will the truckstops become the OK corral?

At least the radio waves would be quieter. And more miles for everyone else.