Who was the man who was killed by flying debris from a Belvidere Illinois technology plant explosion?”
A gas line exploded Monday at a technology plant in northern Illinois, sending aloft debris that killed a man at a nearby highway rest area. The explosion rocked the NDK America Inc. plant in Belvidere, about 70 miles northwest of Chicago, sending trembles through buildings as far as a mile away and echoing throughout the community of about 20,000 people. “It sounded like a traffic accident — a boom,” said Greg Brown, a school district official. “We thought someone dropped something on the roof. It was like a little earthquake.” The man who was killed was pronounced dead at the Illinois Tollway Oasis on Interstate 90, Illinois Tollway spokeswoman Joelle McGinnis said. Boone County Coroner Rebecca Wigget identified him as truck driver Ronald Greenfield, 63, of Chesterton, Ind. Wigget said Greenfield was walking to his truck at the rest area, which also has several restaurants, when he was struck by a large piece of flying debris. She refused to describe the extent of his injuries. An au
Flying debris from an explosion at a northern Illinois technology plant killed a man nearly a quarter of a mile away. Illinois Tollway spokeswoman Joelle McGinnis says the man died Monday after being hit by debris. The victim was a customer at a toll road oasis on Interstate 90, which has several restaurants and a gasoline station. McGinnis says Illinois State Police are trying to contact the man’s family. Police in Belvidere, Ill., say a gas line exploded Monday afternoon at the NKD America plant, which makes synthetic crystals for computers. “It sounded like a traffic accident — a boom,” said Greg Brown, a school district official in the community of about 20,000 residents about 70 miles northwest of Chicago. “We thought someone dropped something on the roof. It was like a little earthquake.” A man putting gas into his vehicle at a I-90 tollway oasis was apparently hit by shrapnel, but it appears nobody at the plant was injured, Belvidere Mayor Fred Brereton said. Jim Fealtman, a reg
