Local News
Northside Drive re-opened after chemical spill
By Christian Boone
Sept 21, 2010HazMat crews have cleaned up a pesticide spill that shut down a significant portion of Northside Drive for nearly three hours Tuesday morning.
A large container holding at least 15 gallons of herbicide or pesticide spilled onto the busy thoroughfare, shutting down Northside from 14th Street to Deering Road and 17th Street from Northside and Howell Mill Road, Atlanta police said.
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A native Atlantan, Boone joined the AJC staff in 2007. He quickly carved out a niche covering crime stories, assuming the public safety beat in 2014. He's covered some of the biggest trials this decade, from Hemy Neuman to Ross Harris to Chip Olsen, the latter of which was featured on Season 7 of the AJC's award-winning "Breakdown" podcast.
