WASHINGTON 鈥� Investigators said the driver who was killed in the fiery tanker crash on Interstate 95 in Baltimore on Dec. 17聽had the required certification to drive a fuel truck and had his medical clearance in order.
Lt. Kevin Ayd with the Maryland Transportation Authority Police said 31-year-old Clinton Lamont Worrell Jr. had valid medical certification and what is known as a 鈥渉azmat endorsement,鈥� meaning Worrell had clearance to drive a fuel tanker, as well as having a standard commercial driver鈥檚 license.
Ayd said, 鈥淒rivers of tankers that carry fuel or any other type of hazardous material, they are under strict guidelines per federal regulations. They really have to keep their stuff together.鈥�
Worrell drove for Carroll Independent Fuel, and Ayd said 鈥淭he company is saying in their long history, Carroll Fuel has never had a fatality.鈥�
On its website, , and noted that a GoFundMe account had been set up for Worrell鈥檚 family.
The number of traffic problems in the D.C. area skyrocketed on .
The tanker explosion was caught on video:
[GRAPHIC] This is video of a fuel tanker sliding over the rail on I-95 this AM and EXPLODING shortly after. (via Marvellous Amasiacu)
鈥� Omar Jimenez (@OmarJimenezWBAL)
