1980 truck crash: The original Port News report

Updated July 9 2012 - 9:27am, first published April 18 2012 - 6:44am
The accident scene as pictured on the front page of the Port News in 1980.
The accident scene as pictured on the front page of the Port News in 1980.
Senior constables Terry Clifton and Bob Deards lift the drum of radioactive material from the highway to the shade of roadside trees.
Senior constables Terry Clifton and Bob Deards lift the drum of radioactive material from the highway to the shade of roadside trees.

With work suspended on a part of the Pacific Highway after workers uncovered potentially toxic material, links have been made to a 1980 truck crash.

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