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Settlement reached in fatal Tacoma foundry blast
A lawsuit over the death of a truck driver in an explosion at a Tacoma foundry has been settled for undisclosed terms.
A lawsuit over the death of a truck driver in an explosion at a Tacoma foundry has been settled for undisclosed terms.
The agreement was announced Wednesday by John R. Christensen, a lawyer for the wife, son and daughter of Charles McDonald Sr. McDonald was fatally burned when propane he was unloading at Atlas Castings & Technology exploded on Oct. 6, 2007.
Christensen says a hose owned by Atlas was missing a nozzle and clamps when McDonald arrived, and repairs were made by inexperienced workers.
The hose failed, releasing a cloud of propane that caught fire. The 8,000-tanker truck then exploded in an enormous fireball just north of the interchange of Interstate 5 and State Route 16.
McDonald died a week later at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
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