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The Saskatoon Fire Department’s Hazmat team was called out Friday morning after a crash involving a vehicle that was carrying what police called “hazardous, nuclear material.”
Just after 11 a.m., the Saskatoon Police Service reported the two-vehicle crash happened in the area of 22nd Street West and Diefenbaker Drive. Traffic detours were immediately put in place in the area.
Police said the material was “contained to the immediate area” and there wasn’t any risk to the public.
The City of Saskatoon issued a media release explaining the situation.
(City of Saskatoon/Submitted)
“A measuring device that contains Class 7 Radioactive material was inside an approved container being transported by one of the vehicles,” the release said. “As a precaution, the area was secured (and) our hazmat unit and decontamination unit responded to the site.”
Shortly after 11:30 a.m., police said the Hazmat team had confirmed the container wasn’t damaged and the material hadn’t leaked. The equipment was transferred to another vehicle and returned to its site.
One person with a minor injury declined medical treatment.