Motorists who unwittingly drove through sulphuric acid spilled in Trail, B.C., this spring are crying foul after their vehicles were “totalled” by the corrosive chemical and some still don’t have compensation.
The Insurance Corporation of B.C. is fielding a deluge of more than 1,000 claims related to two sulphuric acid spills — with claims more than doubling in recent weeks as more drivers learned about the industrial accidents.
On April 10 and again on May 23, trucks driven by Westcan Bulk Transport leaving the Teck smelter leaked sulphuric acid on the main highway through the West Kootenay city.
Hundreds and
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