Truck Carrying Radioactive Supplies Crashes in Georgia

A truck carrying radioactive medical supplies crashed on Highway 74 in Monroe County, Georgia, on December 16. The vehicle was delivering Technetium 99M, a radioactive isotope used in medical imaging, to a hospital in Macon when the accident occurred around 6:49 a.m. Authorities from the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) and the Environmental Protection Division (EPD) confirmed the material is non-hazardous to the public and dispatched a radiation clean-up crew to the scene. Despite the absence of injuries, one lane of the highway was closed for cleanup operations. Technetium 99M has a short half-life of approximately six hours, meaning its radioactive properties diminish quickly. Officials have since cleared the area and reopened the road after confirming the site was safe.