Also unsurprising is the fact that the only people whose football abilities Ball is more impressed with ("I was a speed demon," Ball told Mitch Stephens of MaxPreps.com in an interview last year) are his sons.
Mer Rouge Police Chief Mitch Stephens said about 50 houses were evacuated for about two hours due to concerns that a tank car of pressurized argon gas might explode. Another tank of argon, an inert gas used to fill light bulbs and in arc welding, leaked until it was empty, he said.
Both were in a locomotive that overturned and slammed into a big oak tree, Mer Rouge Police Chief Mitch Stephens said. He said the locomotive ended with its main door facing the ground and rescue crews had to pry off an access door to get to the two.
The engineers' locomotive overturned and slammed into a big oak tree, Mer Rouge Police Chief Mitch Stephens said. The locomotive ended with its main door facing the ground; rescue crews had to pry off an access door to get to them, he said.
San Francisco Chronicle staff writer Eric Branch contributed to this report. Mitch Stephens is a national columnist for MaxPreps.com. [email protected]. More high school coverage and NCS/CCS playoff pairings: blog.sfgate.com/prepsports.