Accident Causes Gas Leak in San Pierre
US 421 is now open in the San Pierre area where NIPSCO crews were working to correct a gas leak that occurred last night around 8:00 p.m.
According to police, a person was driving his vehicle traveling in the area of State Road 10 and US 421when he left the roadway and struck a telephone pole. The vehicle ran over a NIPSCO gas main causing a gas leak. The vehicle landed on its top. The driver was treated at the scene and eventually taken to IU Health Starke Hospital.
For safety reasons, residents were evacuated from the area. The accident remains under investigation.
Gas Leak Forces Walkerton Elementary School to Operate on a Two Hour Delay
School was delayed for students at the Walkerton Elementary School today after a gas leak was detected on the property last night. The gas leak has been contained and students are in school today.
Plymouth Residents Evacuated due to Gas Leak; Plymouth Schools on Two Hour Delay
The Plymouth Police Department evacuated residents this morning in a three block radius of Pennsylvania and Liberty Streets in Plymouth due to a gas leak.
The Plymouth Fire Department, along with NIPSCO and the Plymouth and Argos Police Departments investigated and secured the scene. The gas leak has been contained. Plymouth Fire Chief, Andy Metsker, told WKVI that the gas leak occurred after a roof collapsed on an old storage building at the corner of Pennsylvania and Liberty Streets. About 70 residents in a three block radius were evacuated as a precaution and taken to a nearby church.
The leak was discovered around 2:00 a.m. ET this morning.
Due to the gas leak, Plymouth and St. Michaels Schools will operate on a two hour delay.
