Father of Teen Killed in Oil Tank Explosion Pushing for New Louisiana Safety Measures
DeSmog Girl’s tragic death in oil industry explosion haunts her family Maxwell Smith filled with grief over his daughter's death. Credit: Julie Dermansky Maxwell Smith is on a mission to make sure no one loses a child the way he lost his 14-year-old daughter, Zalee Gail Day-Smith. Zalee, a vivacious high school freshman who loved singing, died on February 28 when oil tanks exploded near her home in Beauregard, Louisiana. “Her body was thrown 200 feet in the air,” Smith told me when I went to visit the family a month after the accident. Zalee’s body was found across the stree...
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