HELENA, Ala. — Authorities have identified the man killed in an explosion at a pipeline in Alabama.
Anthony Lee Willingham, 48, died Monday when machinery hit the pipeline, triggering the explosion, Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline said.
Four other workers were injured. They were taken to UAB Hospital.
The company said it hoped to restart the pipeline as early as the weekend. As much as 168,000 gallons of gasoline could have burned, spilled, evaporated or remained in the pipeline, the company said.
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The explosion happened a few miles from where the Colonial pipeline sprung a leak and spilled 252,000 to 336,000 gallons of gasoline in September. After the leak, the company used one of Colonial's two main lines to move gasoline as it made repairs, but it still led to days of dry pumps and higher gas prices in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas while repairs were made.
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