DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — A FedEx truck dripping with chromic acid spilled onto an on-duty ambulance Monday.
The Tri-Star ambulance crew was headed to pick up a dialysis patient when they slid in behind the leaking FedEx truck.
The crew then flipped on their red lights, pulled over the FedEx truck and showed the driver the oozing liquid.
The driver was shocked to find that a 55-gallon drum of chromic acid had spilled off the back of truck. Chromic acid, an industrial cleaning carcinogen, is a corrosive chemical that can be toxic to even breathe. It is so dangerous and damaging to the environment that it is rarely used anymore.
The yellow liquid turned a purplish-brown, covering the front of the ambulance and sticking to the windshield.
The crew told Channel 2 Action News reporter Ross Cavitt they were pretty sure they didn't have the only vehicle coated by the chemical as the truck roared down I-20. But they're sure they got the worst of it.
FedEx will be billed the cost for the response and cleanup.